The story of Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby team uniting to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. This monumental mo | dG1feGFVVlBIZ09KSzg
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:03 - Rugby was always the Afrikaner's sport,
00:06 divisive, a symbol of apartheid.
00:09 But to Mandela, the Rugby World Cup final in Joburg
00:13 was an opportunity.
00:14 - Our prayers should be for the springboards
00:21 because we are a new nation.
00:24 - Madiba understood that you had to find symbols
00:28 that would unite people.
00:31 - It was a huge gamble.
00:32 - The game which was the sporting embodiment of apartheid
00:38 is now being marketed as a positive force for unity
00:42 in this newly democratic nation.
00:44 - Nelson Mandela's political philosophy
00:49 had always been a South Africa
00:51 which embraced all its people.
00:53 This was the moment that could symbolize
00:57 South Africans coming together.
00:58 - Siakolisi would not have happened
01:02 if the seeds of inclusivity and transformation
01:06 were not sown, courageously sown, despite all odds.
01:10 - By Madiba, Nelson Mandela.
01:12 - Sport can create hope
01:26 where once there was only despair.
01:29 (dramatic music)
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