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The RWC CHAMPIONS gloating thread
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 769491" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I think using Mr. Louis Luyt as an example is not the right way to go about. A lot of rugby fans hated him, some still does (my Father). It could also have been that what was said be taken out of context, as Mr. Luyt didn't speak English that well, and had that typical Afrikaner broken english accent. But I don't want to make excuses, I was still a baby when all this was said and happened.</p><p></p><p>I think he took what most thought and felt a little further than what was truly thought. My opinion is that we can't use the first 2 tournaments as a yardstick from a South African perspective because we didn't participate and couldn't even play international rugby at that time. But this was due to our own wrongdoing as a country on a political front which affected our sports teams directly.</p><p></p><p>I certainly don't believe the history of the World Cup begins in 1995. I think 1995 was the beginning of the movement of professionalism in rugby and rugby tournaments which has certainly evolved into the great spectacle it is today. But myself and many others certainly don't discredit the first 2 tournaments or the value it had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 769491, member: 40658"] I think using Mr. Louis Luyt as an example is not the right way to go about. A lot of rugby fans hated him, some still does (my Father). It could also have been that what was said be taken out of context, as Mr. Luyt didn't speak English that well, and had that typical Afrikaner broken english accent. But I don't want to make excuses, I was still a baby when all this was said and happened. I think he took what most thought and felt a little further than what was truly thought. My opinion is that we can't use the first 2 tournaments as a yardstick from a South African perspective because we didn't participate and couldn't even play international rugby at that time. But this was due to our own wrongdoing as a country on a political front which affected our sports teams directly. I certainly don't believe the history of the World Cup begins in 1995. I think 1995 was the beginning of the movement of professionalism in rugby and rugby tournaments which has certainly evolved into the great spectacle it is today. But myself and many others certainly don't discredit the first 2 tournaments or the value it had. [/QUOTE]
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