​It's a year-and-a-half since Siyamthanda Kolisi - Siya as he's known - was made the Springboks' first black captain. It popped up again at the Rugby World Cup, though: What's it like to be South Africa's first black captain? But such is the complicated place of the Springboks rugby team in South Africa, even today. GETTY IMAGES Springboks captain Siya Kolisi (L-R), referee Jerome Garces and All Blacks captain Kieran Read during the South Africa-New Zealand clash at the World Cup last month. Two issues, both centered on race, have unsettled the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup.

Source: Stuff October 08, 2019 07:07 UTC