World Champions

Jonty Winch received a Master of Arts degree with distinction from De Montfort University's International Centre for Sports History and Culture, and was then awarded his Ph.D. from Stellenbosch University. He has balanced his career interests in photography, journalism and education with involvement in more than a dozen books on sporting history in southern Africa. His research has also led to articles on the game for accredited international academic publications, and winning the British Society of Sports History 'Best Article in Sport in History' in 2008. In recent years, he has played a prominent role in the task of recording a full history of South African cricket and placing the development of the game in political context. He co-authored Cricket & Conquest: The History of South African Cricket Retold 1795–1914 (2016); Cricket & Society in South Africa 1910-1971: From Union to Isolation (2018); and Too Black to Wear Whites: The Remarkable Story of Krom Hendricks, a Cricket Hero who was Rejected by Cecil John Rhodes's Empire (2020).

Introduction
Chapter 1: 'Mission Accomplished'
Chapter 2: The Origins of Rugby at the Cape
Chapter 3: Rugby, Soccer and Segregation at the Cape during the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 4: First Steps towards International Sport
Chapter 5: 'A Progressive of Progressives'
Chapter 6: From Healdtown and Lovedale to the 'Amadoda' of Orlando
Chapter 7: Establishing a South African Rugby Identity
Chapter 8: 'Most Unfortunate Match Ever Played'
Chapter 9: Rhodes, Rugby and the Road to Springboxford, 1903-1953
Chapter 10: 'Men Worthy of Springbok Chance'
Chapter 11: The IRB and Interchangeable National Identities
Chapter 12: The Quest for World Rugby Supremacy
Chapter 13: 'The Fight for the Control of Rugby'
Chapter 14: The Black Springboks
Chapter 15: Veritable Tom Browns to Springbok Captain
Chapter 16: Wind of Change
Chapter 17: SARU, SACOS and Multinationalism
Chapter 18: The Last British Influence
Chapter 19: Tours of the 1980s: Politics, Protestors and Payments
Chapter 20: Front Runners in the Formation of the NSC
Chapter 21: The Unification of Rugby
Chapter 22: Madiba Magic
Chapter 23: Balancing Transformation with a Winning Team
Chapter 24: Role Models for the Rainbow Nation
Appendix
Index