 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhevedzano yematambudziko yakatevera muna 1995 kusvika muna 1997 sezvo zvakava pachena kuti rugby yeSouth Africa yakanga iri chinhu chisina kugadziriswa cheRainbow Nation itsva. Chikwata chacho chakarohwawo nenhamo, sezvo Christie, uyo akanga avatungamirira kukunda muMiedzo 14 yose yaakadzidzisa, akamanikidzwa kusiya basa muna 1996 mushure mokurwisana neLeukemia kweanopfuura makore gumi. Zvinhu hazvina kumira zvakanaka panhandare zvapa kuti zvikwata zvemuSouth Africa zvitambure mumakwikwi matsva eSuper 12 neTri-Nations. Pasi pemurairidzi mutsva John Hart uye kaputeni weSean Fitzpatrick, maAll Blacks akakunda mutambo weTest muSouth Africa kekutanga muna 1996. Fitzpatrick akatoona kuti kukunda kwavakaita mumakwikwi aya kwakanga kwakakwirira kudarika kukunda kwavakaita muNdebe yeNyika ya1987. Lions ya1997 yakapedza rwendo rwayo rwokuSouth Africanokurasikirwa kaviri bedzi muzvose, vakakunda nhevedzano yeTest mitambo miviri kune imwe. 