Nelson Mandela's decision to don the Springboks jersey during the 1995 Rugby World Cup was a resonant moment, the ultimate example of power dressing Rugby was never a passion for Nelson Mandela ...

Francois Pienaar, the bullnecked captain of the South African rugby ... Ellis Cup to the victors turned out be one of the most moving and iconic images in the history of sport. Nelson Mandela ...

A World Cup final in the new South Africa, in the South Africa of a free Nelson Mandela, felt like a fresh beginning. It felt like the end of apartheid in the last area to surrender – rugby.

Nelson Mandela was reunited with the World Cup ... links to sport in South Africa after he appeared at the 1995 rugby World Cup final wearing the green and gold jersey of the Springboks, the ...

The photograph of Nelson Mandela ... South African rugby supremo Louis Luyt and he duly delivered with ill-judged clumsy remarks at the post-match dinner. "There were no true world champions ...

"What happened with Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar ... on the map as a major event." The World Cup was the last major competition of rugby union's amateur era. Two months after South Africa ...

Nelson Mandela wore a Springboks jersey with ... The previous six weeks had seen the Springboks build through a home Rugby World Cup – the first they had competed in since the end of the ...

Former South Africa captain Francois Pienaar considers himself "the luckiest player ever" given what his team's 1995 Rugby World Cup triumph ... with the trophy by Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg ...

New Zealand have three Rugby World Cup titles to their name ... but upon the election of Nelson Mandela as president in late 1994, the Springboks returned to the top table of international ...