Professor Ashwin Desai and Ashwell Adriaan, share the untold history of South African blacks who played rugby as far back as the 19th century.
On the charge is Norman Xhoxho, who also played in the Kwazakhele Rugby Union selected team that took on hosts South Eastern Districts Rugby Union at the J.D Dlephu Stadium in 1976. Included in Kwaru’s line-up were the Watson brothers, Cheeky and Valance, who would usually slip into townships the night before matches and afterwards.
“We basked in the reflected glow of those who had played the game at the highest levels and marvelled at those players and supporters who dreamt that, one day, a bearded black man would arise out of the Eastern Cape and hold aloft the Webb Ellis Cup,” read an extract from the book. It dates back to when a “Kolisi” was among the founding members of the Easterns rugby team, one of the pioneering clubs in the area.
During their lunch break, the kitchen workers would play the students. A Reverend White, a “nice” English person, spotted their affinity for the game and became instrumental in them forming their club. He had a daughter named Lily, and they were the inspiration behind the club’s name. Stuurman, a Khoi leader, was a wanted man in the colony. The British constabulary realised that breaking his pact with the Xhosa people was key to ejecting the natives from their land.
Adriaan is one such player who was bent on the de-racialisation of rugby, even if it meant defying his family’s wishes.But he also played for Mary Waters and Lily White as a forward. He later became an administrator of the game.
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