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JY135

Item

Object ID

JY135

Type

Jersey

Rights Holder

CIC

Provenance

Colin Charvis

Season

2003-2004

Description

Jersey, South Africa. Green with gold collar. Springbok motif on the left breast. Castle Lager sponsor on chest. Nike tick sponsor on front gold collar. 'SA vs Wales 26/06/2004' in yellow on lower left front. South African national flag on right sleeve. Yellow number 7 on the reverse.

Info

This jersey was worn by back-row Pedrie Wannenburg in the South Africa v Wales game of June 2004, in Pretoria. Wales were touring both Argentina and South Africa, with the final game of the tour ending in a result of 53 - 18 to South Africa. Before the match Nelson Mandela met Wales’ captain Colin Charvis who introduced Mandela to the Welsh players. Charvis was the first black player to captain a Wales rugby team, a point noted and commended by Mandela.

Keywords

South Africa, Nelson Mandela

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