Chester dazzled despite the racists

Brendan Gallagher recalls the troubled life of Springbok star Chester Williams

Poster boy: Chester Williams in action during the 1995 World Cup

Good grief the years have not been kind to South Africa’s celebrated World Cup-winning team of 1995.
Coach Kitch Christie died just a few years after that memorable day in June 1995 while others, alas, have followed, at an alarming rate.
Flanker Rueben Kruger died from a brain tumour, scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen succumbed to MND, wing James Small was lost to a heart attack recently and now fellow wing Chester Williams died on Friday...

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