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Exclusive: add your questions for a Boards.ie Q&A with Francois Pienaar

Darragh · 2010-02-18 17:20:46

We have just got notice of the opportunity to interview François Pienaar, ex captain of the South African Rugby team (June 1993 to 1996). Francois Pienaar of South Africa receives the William Webb Ellis trophy from President Nelson Mandela after the Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand at Ellis Park in Johannesburg,…

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#32 19-02-2010 11:33AM

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#33 19-02-2010 11:40AM

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Francois

I've read about how you met Nelson Mandela, and how he told you how important the 95 WC would be to help unite South Africa.
How did you feel the first time you met Mandela, and a few short years after apartheid how did you manage to unite a squad that included many Afrikaaners and some black players, particularly getting them to learn and sing Nkosi Sikelel?

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#34 19-02-2010 12:30PM

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Francois, Why do you think there is such a gap between Northern Hempisphere and Southern Hemisphere teams?

Do you think Richie McCaw deserved the IRB Player of the Year award over the likes of Du Preez and O'Driscoll?

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#35 19-02-2010 12:56PM

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Francois,

What one law change do you think would most benefit the game?

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#36 19-02-2010 01:18PM

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Hi Francois,

What was it like in the early days in Saracens with the All Star team you had there? Was it easy to fit all those different players into a cohesive team?

Thanks

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#37 19-02-2010 01:41PM

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Thanks so much for all the questions, folks. Am off now to have the interview and hopefully will have it online this afternoon!

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#38 19-02-2010 06:02PM

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Folks, my apologies but you'll have to wait until tomorrow for this - it's still converting on my machine - so I'll get it live and announce it as soon as I can then.

Thanks again for your questions. Great interview and he looked like he enjoyed them

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#39 19-02-2010 08:36PM

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wtf the i missed it again:(:(:(

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#40 20-02-2010 09:29PM

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Is it being uploaded tonight???

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#41 20-02-2010 10:00PM

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Hi
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#42 21-02-2010 09:45PM

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Thanks again everyone - you'll find the interview on this thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055834820 - and you can leave any comments or feedback there

Darragh

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