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First off, Chester Williams was a hell of a rugby player. He was not a prototypical wing, but there was an element to his style that was reminiscent of what was long said of Muhammad Ali. (David Munden/Popper Foto/Getty Images)
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Chester Williams and the making of modern South African rugby

Williams, the only black South African player in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, was a complex figure in complex times. He deserves to be remembered as such

  • Derek Catsam
11 min read
Cake and politics: On rugby quotas and the World Cup
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Cake and politics: On rugby quotas and the World Cup

The Rugby Championship, the World Cup, and Springbok politics in South Africa

  • Derek Catsam
11 min read