Kolisi felt he had 'failed as a leader' as he hadn't addressed this issue for a long time 'because I was scared I was going to be kicked out or I was going to be seen differently'.
His remarks were triggered by the global Black Lives Matter movement and protests over the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May.
Racial divisions have plagued SA sport - particularly rugby and cricket - since the fall of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. Kolisi recounted his difficult journey from a township, beating the cultural odds and language barriers to go on to lead the Springboks to victory over England in 2019's World Cup final.Kolisi felt he had"failed as a leader" as he hadn't addressed this issue for a long time"because I was scared I was going to be kicked out or I was going to be seen differently".
But, he said,"we have got to start addressing these issues because if [we] don't address it, then the next kid that's coming through is going to suffer the same way that I did.
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