South Africa’s 1995 team had only one non-white player, Chester Williams, but when they won the country’s second Rugby World Cup in 2007, there were six in the squad and two in the starting ...

South Africa are among the favourites for the next edition of the tournament in Morocco later this year. They are also on course to qualify for next summer’s World Cup for the first time since 2010.

Tens of thousands of South Africa fans danced and chanted in the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday, cheering their team as World Cup excitement reached fever-pitch two days before kick-off.