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World Cup 2007: Rising from the ashes

IT was Percy Montgomery and Frans Steyn who kicked the winning points for the Springboks in the 2007 World Cup final, but there was a more important kick for the team one year before, and in less alluring surrounds than the glittering Stade de France in Paris.

Rustenburg is a far cry from Paris, but that is where the Springboks placed one hand on the Webb Ellis Cup. The match in question, at the pretentiously named Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, is an almost forgotten one in the colourful history of the

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