Race debate: South African columnist hoping Boks get humiliated, and they face a legal challenge and may not make the RWC 2015 tournament at all

A South African columnist is hoping the Springboks are humiliated at the Rugby World Cup as debate continues over the racial make up of the team.

South Africans are also hotly divided, as can only be expected, as a small political party tries to stop the Springboks playing in the World Cup which starts this month. Another columnist and a lawyer have said the Agency for New Agenda party will struggle to prove its case.

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