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Rugby Saved My Life

Ashwin Willemse went from Cape Town gang member to South African Springbok rugby star.

South African Ashwin Willemse says that rugby saved his life. Ashwin remembers watching the World Cup in 1995, when South Africa took the trophy and he was a 14 year old in a rough part of Cape Town with big dreams and few prospects. Little did he know that he would be part of his country's World Cup winning team twelve years later.

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