South Africa celebrates rugby world title

  1. Posted on Monday 22 October 2007 - 15:00
    AfricaNews editor
    Elles van Gelder, Pretoria, South Africa
    On Saturday evening just after the deserved victory of their team against England in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris, France, thousands of South Africans stormed streets of Pretoria to celebrate.
    South Africa celebrates rugby world cup, photo: Elles van Gelder
    Even before the game started, South Africans were confident and quite sure of any easy victory. The Spingboks had earlier defeated England in the preliminary phase, but the final appeared to be much easier than the fans had expected. The final score was 15-6. No single try was scored.


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