1995 Rugby World Cup Final Mandela's presentation was listed at number 70 in a list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments on a British television programme. However, the after match mood soured considerably during the end of tournament banquet when South Africa's rugby president, Louis Luyt said in his speech that "There were no true world champions in the 1987 and 1991 World Cups because South Africa were not there." This claim that South Africa were the first "true world champions" led the New Zealand team to walk out of the dinner. Mandela and Pienaar's involvement in the 1995 World Cup became the subject of
1991 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification 1991 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification The 1991 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification was a qualifying tournament for the 1991 Rugby World Cup which was jointly hosted by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Confederation of African Rugby was allocated one place (Africa 1) and a tournament took place in Zimbabwe, which was won by the home team. In May 1991 four nations played in a round-robin tournament with each nation playing their opponents once and every nation playing three times. The points system was as follows: All six matches were played at the Police Ground, Harare,