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Smit. The Captain. The Cup. Paris, 2007.

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John Smit had carried the Springboks through years of rebuilding, through pressure and doubt and the weight of a nation. In the rain in Paris, he lifted the Webb Ellis Cup and gave South Africa the world.

Smit. The Captain. The Cup. Paris, 2007.

The captain who brought the Springboks back.

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