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Captain Kolisi
South Africa’s national rugby team, the Springboks, gets a black captain for the first time in its history–24 years after the end of Apartheid.
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Stephen Coplan is a technology researcher and analyst based in New York City.
South Africa’s national rugby team, the Springboks, gets a black captain for the first time in its history–24 years after the end of Apartheid.
Why would a group of black, mostly coloured, South African rugby supporters openly root for New Zealand teams over their own.