Sport in is practically a religion. The spectators come mostly to see football, rugby and not only to watch the game but also to catch the atmosphere. South Africans are extremely passionate with sports. It occupies all medias and newspapers.

Soccer/Football: Rugby: Football or soccer in South Africa is the This is a great passion in most popular game. It became the center of South Africa and an equivalent the non-racial sport movement. Its of a religion in the “whites” traditional supporter base is principally of South Africa. The country is in the black community. In 1991 it became usually good and competitive at the first sport to become unified and rugby, so if the national team, captivated the hearts of all South the “Springboks”, lose a game, Africans. The country’s national team, supporters are depressed for at affectionately nicknamed “Bafana least a week. They consider Bafana”(=“The Boys”) was qualified for the they must win every game except 1998 and 2002 World Cup Finals. against the New Zealand team, the “All Blacks”, because they have a great respect for them. The 1995 Rugby World Cup was played in South Africa and won Cricket: by the “Springboks”. The greatest triumph came when Makhaya Ntini became the first black player Nelson Mandela put on the number six jersey of Francois of the national team, “The Proteas”, in Pienaar (a South African 1998. South African cricket had a major player) to present the cup. It hitting in 2000 when the of the was a major period of the team, (a famous player of history of South African rugby cricket), was discovered to have accepted which had been for a long time money to lose matches. They are still a "white" sport. They also won trying to go away the scandal and get the the 1999 and 2007 Rugby World Cup. There are many rugby credibility of . competitions. The major regional competition is the “Currie Cup”.

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