IT WASN’T RUGBY

From Africa is a Country Wed Oct 28 2009, 20:02:24

"Invictus," the Hollywood film based on Brit journalist John Carlin's book about the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final-which South Africa's team won in dramatic fashion on home soil against Australia, will be out in the first week of December. In South Africa (and increasingly outside the country) a lot has been read into that final [...]

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