What Dominic Sandbrook has said about South Africa national rugby union team
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 24, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on South Africa national rugby union team once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on June 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook notes that black South Africans generally did not support the Springboks, preferring football and seeing rugby as the oppressor's game.
“Because black South Africans did not, by and large, support the Springbok rugby team. Their sport was not rugby, it was football”
The Rest Is History: 682. South Africa: Mandela and the Death of Apartheid (Part 6) (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 21:34
Episodes
682. South Africa: Mandela and the Death of Apartheid (Part 6)The Rest Is History · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace South Africa's anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, the fall of apartheid, and Nelson Mandela's use of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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