Condition: 9/10 Superb

Size: Adult XXL

Chest Measurement: 46-48 Inches / 117-122 CM

Manufacturer: Unknown

Colour: Green, gold trim

Material: Cotton

Seasons: 1995

Player: N/A

Patches: 1995 Rugby World Cup / World Champions 1995

Official South Africa home short sleeve rugby shirt from the 1995 international tournament. Complete with embroidered 1995 Rugby World Cup & 'World Champions 1995' patches on the chest.

Condition of this original rugby jersey is 9/10 – Superb (see photos).

South Africa hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with a surge of support for the Springboks among the white and black communities behind the slogan "one team, one country." This was the first major international sports event to be held in the Rainbow Nation. By the time they hosted the 1995 World Cup, the Springboks, coached by Kitch Christie, were seeded ninth. They won their pool by defeating Australia, Romania, and Canada.

Wins in the quarterfinal against Western Samoa (42–14) and in the semifinal against France (19–15) sent the Springboks to the final. South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final against the All Blacks 15–12 in extra-time. President Nelson Mandela, wearing a Springbok shirt, presented the trophy to captain Francois Pienaar, a white Afrikaner. The gesture was widely seen as a major step towards the reconciliation of white and black South Africans.

The combined exploits of Mandela and the Springboks in helping unify the country through rugby union was later chronicled in John Carlin's book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation, which in turn inspired Clint Eastwood's 2009 Academy Award-nominated film Invictus starring Matt Damon as Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Mandela.

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