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Francois Pienaar
Francois Pienaar is a true South African icon. He is best known for leading the South African rugby team, the Springboks, to victory in the Rugby World Cup, where he received the trophy from Nelson Mandela.
The Springboks’ legendary campaign and how a once divided nation became world champions was the subject of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar nominated film “Invictus” with Morgan Freeman playing Mandela and Matt Damon playing Francois.
Francois captained the Springbok rugby team in every one of his 29 appearances, culminating in World Cup victory in He was named ’s International Rugby Player of the Year and ’s Captain of the Year and was inducted into the IRB Hall of fame in He was also voted 50th in the top greatest South Africans.
Francois holds law degrees from the University of Johannesburg and an honorary doctorate from the University of Hertfordshire. He is a highly respected and successful businessman and television commentator and established Advent Sport Ente
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Rainbow Warrior
In one of the most important rugby books of the last three decades, the former captain of South Africa's World Cup winning side reveals his compelling career story and his remarkable role in the historic re-emergence of the Rainbow Nation onto the world stage. The image of Francois Pienaar shaking hands with Nelson Mandela as the South African captain was presented with the Webb Ellis trophy on that magical afternoon at Ellis Park, Johannesburg in will never be forgotten. A quite remarkable athlete and ambassador for multi-racial sport was being honoured in front of an estimated global audience of some 15 million. In his autobiography, Francois Pienaar demonstrates how throughout his career he has led by example, both on and off the pitch -- but especially off it. He not only said the right things at the right times, he convinced us that he meant every word of it. He even organised for the cash-strapped Romanians to be given a brand new set of Adidas kit before
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In one of the most important rugby books of the last three decades, the former captain of South Africa's World Cup winning side reveals his compelling career story and his remarkable role in the historic re-emergence of the Rainbow Nation onto the world scen. The image of Francois Pienaar shaking hands with Nelson Mandela as the South African captain was presented with the Webb Ellis trophy on that magical afternoon at Ellis Park, Johannesburg in will never be forgotten. A quite remarkable athlete and ambassador for multi-racial idrott was being honoured in front of an estimated global audience of some 15 million. In his autobiography, Francois Pienaar demonstrates how throughout his career he has led bygd example, both on and off the pitch -- but especially off it. He not only said the right things at the right times, he convinced us that he meant every word of it. He even organised for the cash-strapped Romanians to be given a brand new set of A