South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup success is one of sport's most celebrated triumphs Former South Africa captain Francois Pienaar considers himself "probably the luckiest player ever" given what ...

The 1995 Rugby World Cup is still South Africa's finest sporting moment -- even this soccer-mad nation hosting FIFA's World Cup in 2010 cannot eclipse it.

When the men from the Emerald Isle lost 36-12 to France on this day in 1995, it was their third consecutive exit at the last-eight stage of a World Cup. Mind you, there had been only two previous ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Hannes Strydom, a player on South Africa’s revered 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning team, has died in a car crash, the South African Rugby Union said Monday. He was 58 ...

The cavalier James Small was a much-loved “bad boy” of South African rugby and the first Springbok to be sent off in a match (against Australia in 1993). On the field he had no fear and he ...

A FORMER police commander claims a betting syndicate was behind the poisoning of the All Blacks two days before the 1995 Rugby World Cup against South Africa.

"As a member of the Springbok class of 1995, Chester was not only well-known in the rugby fraternity, but he was a much-loved South African whose influence stretched wider than just the rugby world.

Thirty years on, rugby’s professional era has gone from strength to strength, but it had plentiful doubters at the time ...

*The 1995 Rugby World Cup semifinal between South Africa and France will be shown on Wednesday, exactly 25 years to the day since that extraordinary moment in time, as part of Supersport’s 1995 ...

This article was first published on September 16, 2015. It was republished on April 24, 2018, as a tribute to mark Bryan Habana's retirement from rugby. CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Green marbles ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hannes Strydom, a player on South Africa's revered 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning team, has died in a car crash, the South African Rugby Union said Monday. He was 58.

The South African Rugby Union says 1995 Rugby World Cup winner Hannes Strydom has died in a car crash. He was 58. The union says Strydom was killed in the crash Sunday evening. Strydom was a lock ...