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Chester Williams - South African rugby legend
Chester Williams was the only black player in the South African team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Under the apartheid system the game had been seen as a 'white' sport.
In 1995, South Africa won an emotional victory as hosts of the Rugby World Cup shortly after the end of apartheid. Chester Williams was the only black player in the team and became a personal friend of President Nelson Mandela. Williams’ death in September 2019 was widely mourned in South Africa and beyond. His friend and fellow rugby player Jerome Paarwater tells his story to Rebecca Kesby.
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