South African Rugby Team 1995 Deaths

Williams the only black player on south africa s famed 1995 rugby world cup winning team has died friday sept.

South african rugby team 1995 deaths.

Williams was a key part of the 1995 south african side that won the rugby world cup on home soil. Mark andrews lock no 8 andrews retired from international rugby in 2002 and played for the newcastle falcons in england until 2004. South africa won the encounter by three points in their first rugby world cup final which was also the first to require extra time. The 1995 rugby world cup final was the final match of the 1995 rugby world cup played in south africa the match was played at ellis park stadium johannesburg on 24 june 1995 between the host nation south africa and new zealand.

Williams was part of springbok 1995 rugby world cup winning squad. South africa rugby team. South african rugby great dies of suspected heart attack aged 49. The result unleashed a tide of goodwill and nation building.

The tragedy of south africa s 1995 world cup winning team and the five heroes no longer with us. Four of the springboks most iconic team gone before their mid 40s. The iconic figure played 27 tests for the springboks between 1993 to 2000 and scored 14 tries. It was the first world cup for south africa as the nation had been kept.

The world cup was the first major sporting event to take place in south africa following the end of apartheid it was also the first world cup in which south africa was allowed to compete. The 1995 rugby world cup was the third rugby world cup it was hosted and won by south africa and was the first rugby world cup in which every match was held in one country. The springboks won their first rugby world cup on 24 june 1995 beating new zealand 15 12 in a memorable final played at ellis park. Sa rugby confirmed that williams passed away from a heart attack in cape town where he lived and worked as a rugby coach at the university of the western cape.

It was exactly 20 years ago on june 24 1995 that south africa beat rival new zealand to win that year s rugby world cup. Upon returning to south africa he joined the management team of a sporting goods company. Other south african players from this era tinus linee motor neuron disease in 2014 and wium basson liver cancer in 2001. The international rugby football.