South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup success is one of sport's most celebrated triumphs Former South Africa captain Francois Pienaar considers himself "probably the luckiest player ever" given what his ...

Francois Pienaar led the sports tributes to Nelson Mandela at the memorial service to South Africa's former president at Ellis Park, the ground at which Madiba presented the Webb Ellis Cup to the ...

Francois Pienaar holds the William Webb Ellis trophy while being carried by teammate Hennie Le Roux after the Springboks won the rugby World Cup final in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 24, 1995.

Francois Pienaar emphasised that processes are key to ensuring that a team is 'knocking on the door of a trophy' © Getty Images Understanding the core of a winning ...

Former South Africa captain Francois Pienaar considers himself "the luckiest player ever" given what his team's 1995 Rugby World Cup triumph meant to his nation. The images of Pienaar being presented ...

Francois Pienaar, even 25 years on, conveys a sense of disbelief and awe when he talks of that crisp Highveld winter's day that the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup for the first time. Register your ...

Matt Damon says his first worry about playing a South African rugby hero in the new film Invictus wasn't about the story's complicated racial politics, or whether he could nail an Afrikaner accent. It ...

South Africa’s president Nelson Mandela congratulates South Africa’s rugby team captain François Pienaar before handing him the William Webb trophy after his team’s victory over New Zealand (15-12) in ...

Francois Pienaar, South Africa’s victorious Rugby World Cup captain in 1995, had until recently never spoken to Siya Kolisi, the man who lifted the trophy for the Springboks Saturday. As Pienaar ...

Former South Africa captain Francois Pienaar considers himself "probably the luckiest player ever" given what his team's Rugby World Cup triumph in 1995 meant to the nation. Pienaar famously lifted ...