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The RWC CHAMPIONS gloating thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 769968" data-attributes="member: 43400"><p>Cooky, if South Africa had been at the 87 and 91 RWC, they would have undoubtedly won them, because nobody else would have been there.</p><p></p><p>In 87, in New Zealand, apart from all of the other countries boycotting the event, the turmoil created by a South African sides involvement, would have torn the country apart, much like it did in 81. My opinion is that had South Africa been involved during the Apartheid era, the RWC concept would have been very short lived, and we probably wouldn't have one today.</p><p></p><p>I get that the cups prior to 1995 probably have no relevance to most South African supporters, but both sides beat the best teams that were able to play at the time; I'm not convinced that if the boks had been included in the 1991 tournament, that they would have won, based on their 1992 results, when they came back into international rugby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 769968, member: 43400"] Cooky, if South Africa had been at the 87 and 91 RWC, they would have undoubtedly won them, because nobody else would have been there. In 87, in New Zealand, apart from all of the other countries boycotting the event, the turmoil created by a South African sides involvement, would have torn the country apart, much like it did in 81. My opinion is that had South Africa been involved during the Apartheid era, the RWC concept would have been very short lived, and we probably wouldn't have one today. I get that the cups prior to 1995 probably have no relevance to most South African supporters, but both sides beat the best teams that were able to play at the time; I'm not convinced that if the boks had been included in the 1991 tournament, that they would have won, based on their 1992 results, when they came back into international rugby. [/QUOTE]
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