A well thought out and classy response, when Rassie was recently asked about the pressure that the Springboks have, being the defending rugby world cup champio ns
“In South Africa, pressure is not having a job. Pressure is one of your close relatives being murdered… rugby shouldn’t be something that creates pressure on you. Rugby should be something that creates hope… we’ve got a privilege of giving people hope… but hope is not talking about hope and saying you’ve got hope. Hope is when you play well… No matter your political difference or your religious differences… for those 80 minutes you agree… that’s not our responsibility, it’s our privilege to try and fix those things”
