Rugby World Cup winner South Africa National Team returns home 6 November at 6:50
The South African national team, who won the Rugby World Cup Japan tournament, returned home, and fans of various races welcomed with singing and dancing at the airport in Johannesburg.
In the Rugby World Cup Japan tournament, South Africa won England for the third time in three finals after winning England in the final of the month.
The players were split into multiple planes on the 5th and returned to the airport in Johannesburg, the largest city.
Thousands of fans arrived in the arrival lobby, including fans wearing green jerseys depicting the wild animal “Springbox”, which is the nickname of the team, and greeted the players with songs and dances.
As a scrum half, Declark, who played an active part in the quarter-finals of Japan, shot many of the fans on his mobile phone and waving his hand with a smile.
In South Africa, until the early 1990s, apartheid, a racial segregation policy in which a small number of whites dominate the majority of blacks, was taken as a symbol of the rugby national team that white athletes have occupied for many years. In this tournament, the appearance of the players from different races, especially Siya Korishi, who became the first black captain, impressed the people.
The black man who visited said, “I am proud that Korishi has put together the team,” and the white woman said, “Teach me that people from different races and cultures can work together. "I was excited."
South Africa captain "fought for this country"
Captain Shea Corissi, who returned home, met with the winning trophy and said, “Since the South Africans cheered me on, I was able to play so hard. I looked back on the tournament over a month.
After that, when I was a kid, I thought I might have a chance and someday I worked hard on training. Even if people told me that I couldn't do it, I would never give up. I sent an ale to my children.
Also, Raji Erasmus Head Coach, who attended, said, “I hope this victory will help people overcome various differences such as race and religion and become one. Everyone should be able to play together. "I expressed my expectations for interethnic reconciliation that had long been a conflict in South Africa."