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Against all the odds, Dawie left a legacy

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BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Dawie De Villiers passed away last week, aged 81, after a long fight with cancer and outside the world of South African rugby that might be a name the modern-day fan only vaguely remembers. South African scrum-half and skipper back in the day, turned politician, and I’m guessing that would be about it.
De Villiers, christened David Jacobus, in fact lead an extraordinary life, one of that generation of privileged white mainly Afrikaners rugby players who proudly wore the Springbok jersey whi...

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