The World Cup-winning Springboks received a hero's welcome in Pretoria after their historic triumph over New Zealand.
The Springboks will start their Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour in Pretoria on Thursday, 2 November from the Union Buildings. Photo: SA Rugby websiteThe Springboks will start their Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour in Pretoria on Thursday, 2 November from the Union Buildings. Photo: SA Rugby website-winning Springboks on Thursday began a four-day homecoming tour in Pretoria, with President Cyril Ramaphosa hailing the team for uniting a country with a divisive past.
With gold medals hanging from their necks, the players arrived at the Union Buildings, the seat of the government, on a yellow open-top bus and shook hands with Ramaphosa. “In doing so you have lifted the spirits of an entire nation and filled us with pride. You have united the South African people.”Thousands of people lined the streets to greet a team that has captured the hearts of a nation but was once reviled as a symbol of apartheid.
For 90 years Springbok selectors chose only white players, with black and mixed-race athletes sequestered in separate leagues.
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