South Africa will welcome being underdogs against New Zealand, according to former captain Francois Pienaar. ___4282940___https:_____static.pulse.com.gh___webservice ...

Francois Pienaar, even 25 years on, conveys a sense of disbelief and awe when he talks of that crisp Highveld winter's day that the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup for the first time. President ...

Former Springboks captain Francois Pienaar remembered Nelson Mandela in a television interview broadcast Sunday, hours after the anti-apartheid leader was laid to rest in a state funeral in his rural ...

It remains the most iconic image in rugby history. In fact, it has legitimate claim to be up there with the likes of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s black power ...

Nelson Mandela took a replica Springboks jersey out of a plastic shopping bag and asked captain Francois Pienaar for permission to wear it before the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, it was revealed on ...

When Siya Kolisi hoisted the 2019 Rugby World Cup trophy, it seemed like the Hollywood ending of an improbable story. Kolisi, who was born into apartheid and raised in a township in South Africa, had ...

New Zealand perform one of two versions of the war dance before every Test, after the national anthems have been sung. Where opposition players could previously confront the All Blacks players, World ...

TOKYO (AP) — Siya Kolisi will lead South Africa into the World Cup final against England, giving him the chance to join Francois Pienaar and John Smit as Springboks captains to lift rugby's most ...