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Article: Rugby Union: England's telling tour of enlightenment
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 11, 1994
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SO MANY legitimate doubts have been expressed about whether the
England rugby players would actually make it to South Africa that,
now that they really are on their way, it seems a thing almost of
wonder.
For this they must thank the South African people for making
their election a triumph rather than the bloodbath which had given
such pause for thought. England's 30 players fly out of Heathrow
tonight and arrive tomorrow in a country en fete.
Rugby may be the Afrikaner's religion but it is minuscule in the
scale of human affairs compared with the events of the past
fortnight in the new, apparently joyous Republic of South Africa.
At the same time, it is reasonable to assume that England, by ...