Tiaan Strauss: Springboks career & 1995 Rugby World Cup regrets

In this episode of Front Row Rugby Springbok Rugby legend and former captain Tiaan Strauss discusses his short career with the Boks; touring France and England in 1992, being overlooked for the captaincy in 1993 and skippering the side in the first Test against New Zealand in 1994. Strauss shares how he felt missing out on the 1995 Rugby World Cup and being told he would not play for the Springboks as long as Francois Pienaar was captain. Tiaan moved to Australia and tells us what it was like playing against South Africa and the redemption of winning the 1999 Rugby World Cup with the Wallabies.

00:00 Introduction by Peter
00:38 Missing out against the All Blacks
02:10 Beating France in Lyon
03:13 Provincialism on the 1992 tour
04:26 Overlooked for Bok captaincy
05:24 Beating the Wallabies in Australia
07:01 The joys of touring Argentina
09:06 Losing to England at Loftus
10:18 Difficulties of touring New Zealand
12:13 Captaining the Springboks
13:24 The end of Tiaan’s Springbok career
16:42 Relationship with Francois Pienaar
17:56 Being left out in the cold
18:42 Moving to Australia
19:38 Playing against the Springboks
20:49 Winning the 1999 Rugby World Cup
22:02 Funny moment involving Adri Geldenhuys

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