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Un cinquième membre des Springboks champions du monde 1995, est décédé.
L’ancien deuxième-ligne Hannes Strydom (juste derrière le capitaine Francois Pienaar, à côté du Trophée Webb-Ellis sur la photo) est décédé dans un accident de voiture, comme l’ont rapporté plusieurs médias en Afrique du Sud, lundi 20 novembre. Il avait 58 ans.
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Selon plusieurs sources d’informations, Hannes Strydom, un pharmacien réputé, est décédé dans un accident de voiture dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Il était âgé de 58 ans.
Netwerk24 rapporte ainsi que l’accident s’est produit dans la région de Witbank, à Mpumalanga.
Une série de décès ces dernières années
Il est désormais le cinquième membre de l’équipe de 1995, entraînée par le regretté Kitch Christie, à avoir disparu, après Ruben Kruger (en 2010 à 39 ans d’une tumeur au cerveau), Joost van der Westhuizen (en 2017 à 45 ans, des suites de la maladie de Charcot), James Small (à 50 ans en 2019 d’une crise cardiaque) et Chester Williams (en 2019 à 49 ans également d’une crise cardiaque), également décédés ces dernières années.
Strydom a disputé 21 tests avec les Springboks et a représenté le Transvaal – où il formait une formidable association de deuxième-ligne avec Kobus Wiese – et le Northern Transvaal au niveau national.
Il avait fait ses débuts internationaux contre la France
Ayant commencé à jouer au rugby de haut niveau en 1986, il avait fait ses débuts pour les Springboks contre la France à Ellis Park le 3 juillet 1993, un match que les Boks avaient perdu de justesse 17-18.
Il a continué à défendre les couleurs des Springboks pendant les saisons 1996 et 1997, notamment lors de la série de tests contre les British and Irish Lions en 1997.
En tout, Hannes Strydom a joué 21 tests entre 1993 et 1997 et a été capitaine de l’équipe des Lions qui a soulevé le trophée de la Currie Cup en 1999.
Strydom a récemment fait parler de lui à la suite d’allégations selon lesquelles il vendait des médicaments délivrés uniquement sur ordonnance dans sa chaîne de points de vente Pharma-Value à Prétoria.
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Dad Marty was also a handy rugby player for Linwood back in the day. Great bloke. Sensational softball career.
2 Go to commentsWhat ifs are always dangerous. If you look at the game before Sam cane got sent of SA was dominating. You could make the argument the going down to 14 men rallied the troops and made them have to play to win which is always dangerous.
129 Go to commentsOmg… you are bruised And battered Benny. Stop crying … the scoreboard speaks. What a pathetic lover you are.. 🤣🤣🤣
129 Go to commentsPacific Lions, cry me a river
129 Go to commentsThis is the single worst piece of journalism I have ever seen since your last one. As a neutral, who really states that there should be an asterisk next to a win? You are an utter embarrassment to real AB fans, journalism and that joke of a house which pays you for this nonsense. Get a life, Ben.
129 Go to commentsGuys. Cancel the World Cup champions after this analysis. It changes everything. Ben knows. We’ll have to unengrave the Bokke off the trophy and hand it to the ABs, now that I’ve been enlightened about this illegitimate win. This needs to be done. Now!
129 Go to commentsBen is right here though, Springboks were woefully poor with the advantage they had throughout this game. The France match was heroic because that was an even contest this match had it taken place in Rugby Championship would have been an easy win for NZ. If anything this match should tell the Bok coaches that a lot of this team should be changed. They beat this same NZ team by record margin with the same circumstances but with a different core. They bring back the tried and tested guys and they nearly botch this game.
129 Go to commentsI knew who wrote this article from the first few words in the headline…lol. The red card actually did the ABs a favour. It galvanized them, only then did they step up a gear. Before that there was zero momentum.
129 Go to commentsFirstly the foul on Bongi was a planned move just like the NZ master plan with Bryce Lawrence you kiwis are filthy fux perhaps try to play a cleaner game next time I doubt that’s possible tho but don’t worry world rugby is on yr side they trying to take away all the BOKS strengths to help all you weakling as Jeremy Clarkson would say LA OO ZA ERR..🤣
129 Go to commentsAbsolutely spot on Ben. I certainly wouldn't gloat over a win like that. Frustrating as it is it's done and dusted and history will forever show the result.
129 Go to commentsHo hum.
129 Go to commentsNo question they were the better team. But that is the beauty of sport isn’t it!
129 Go to commentsEveryone is into Hurling in Ireland according to Porter, but only 11 of Ireland's 32 counties enter a team into the national competition. Same old blarney.
1 Go to commentsLet’s be honest. The draw and scheduling in the World Cup was a joke but South Africa found a way after having to go the hard (nearly impossible) way to the Cup Final via France and England. NZ had a hard game against France (lost) and had 5 weeks to prepare for the Quarter, 3 weeks knowing it was Ireland. NZ theerfore had to win one big game against an Irish team who played SA and then Scotland 7 days before. They won and it was de facto a semi final because they were playing a relatively weak Argentina team and it was a walk over. In the final a very rested NZ team was playing a very tired SA team and still lost. They couldn’t score more than 11 points. Put another way SA had to find a way to win while tired and they achieved that. NZ should thank their lucky stars that they fixed the scheduling in 2015 otherwise they would be dealing with a Bok treble.
129 Go to commentsPerhaps if Bongi wasn’t targeted and removed from the game in the first 3 minutes it would have been quite a different game. Maybe if NZ also faced the same competition the Boks faced to their win NZ would have looked quite different. The final score shows who outplayed who.
129 Go to commentsRubbish article! Abuladze played most of Exeters matches when fit. He got injured against Glasgow a while ago and is out for the rest of the season, thats why he hasnt played for Exeter and Georgia recently. Do some proper research next time!
1 Go to commentsGotta love it when kids throw their toys out the pram and can’t hack it with the grown ups debate. Here’s looking at you turlough! 😉🤣
148 Go to commentsThey lost the game period move on
129 Go to commentsSpringboks won! Stop winging. You can change the game however much you and your rugby colonizing IRB want to and the Springboks will win you at that too. Your mind is colonized my friend get a life
129 Go to commentsBen, nobody gets fooled anymore by selective and biased data to support an hypothesis. Games are decided on such small margins these days that you win some and lose some, and dominance is a thing of the rugby past. Look at the RWC circle of fortune…. Ireland beats SA who beat France who beat NZ who beat Ireland. And so it goes on. Match officials help to eliminate real indiscretions. If they had been with us years before, no doubt results would have been different. Remember Andy Haden’s dive from a lineout in 1978 for which a match-wining penalty was awarded? Wales should have beaten the ABs that day. They took the loss like the gentlemen they were.
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