Rugby World Cup South Africa overcame history of first black captain racism August 27th 5:54
South Africa, aiming to win the first Rugby World Cup tournament in Japan next month, overcame the history of racism, and the black captain will lead the team for the first time.
The Rugby World Cup Japan tournament will start on the 20th of next month, and 20 teams including Japan will participate.
Among them, South Africa, which is the 5th strongest in the world ranking and is known by the nickname of “Springbox”, announced 31 representative members in Johannesburg on the 26th.・ Declark and Hooker Malcolm Marks were selected properly, and the captain, 28-year-old forward, Siya Korishi was selected.
In South Africa, rugby has long been regarded as a white sport due to the influence of the apartheid policy, but Corissi is the first black to be the captain of the team in the World Cup.
Corissi said at the conference, "I will play hard for children with a background like me. I want them to have hope and believe what they can do."
South Africa was the opponent of Japan ’s historic victory at the previous tournament and was said to be “the biggest upset in sports history”, but it finally ranked third and proved its ability.
Aiming to win for the first time in three tournaments, this tournament will be in a group different from Japan in the first league, and will face Namibia, Italy and Canada after the first round of attention with the powerful New Zealand.