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Playing the Enemy

John Carlin ยท 2008

A historical account of how Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite a divided South Africa.

Tom Holland mentions it as a book written entirely about the 1995 rugby final.

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โ€œAnd just to explain for people who have no idea about rugby or what it involves. I will quote from John Carlin, who wrote an entire book Playing the Enemy about this 1995 final.โ€

Tom Holland, Host on The Rest Is HistorySouth Africa: Mandela and the Death of Apartheid (Part 6)

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