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Expected disaster story turned into a fairytale

Triumph: South Africa win 1995 World Cup. Inset, a news vendor in Pretoria highlights the pre-tournament tension
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It’s 25 years tonight – exactly – that the world waited with bated breath to see what transpired at RWC1995. The following day in Cape Town South Africa were opening up against Australia, a game that kick-started a glorious five-week carnival of rugby and an avalanche of great rugby stories that propelled the game into professionalism. It all seem pre-ordained, yet on the eve of the tournament I recall the mood being very different. Fe...

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