The mighty Boks have just won the Rugby world cup, beating the English 15-6.

The Boks only have a couple of nigs in the team.

Remember them well for you may not see them again because as ever the forces are at work to change this.

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Boks racial debate reignited

18/10/2007 18:22

Cape Town - The South African government warned on Thursday that demands for an overhaul of the racial make-up of the Springboks would not be silenced even if they win this weekend's rugby World Cup final.

Deputy home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba told parliament that coach Jake White's charges were still not representative of the nation, 13 years after the fall of the whites-only apartheid regime.

"After the Springboks win the World Cup on Saturday, as they will, they will come back to a nation that is unwavering in its demand for transformation," said Gigaba.

"We cannot relent until the Springbok team is representative."

Thirteen of the team picked to start against England at the Stade de France are white, even though whites account for barely 10%t of South Africa's 48m strong population.

Gigaba said much work remained to be done to ensure "black people have a right too...to participate in the Springboks and represent their country".

The ruling African National Congress has long berated rugby chiefs over the rate of racial transformation with the chair of parliament's sports committee recently calling for the Springboks' passports to be impounded if the squad did not become more representative of the country's demographics.

A few MPs, mostly white, took their opportunity when called to speak to wish the team well in its bid to recapture the trophy a dozen years after South Africa's first World Cup triumph.

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