The white descendants of British settlers and the boeres (who 105 years ago were cruelly crushed by British troops) are those who have been most celebrated the triumph. For them it is a vindication of their ethnicity and their role in South Africa. For the ruling African National Congress supporting Gazelles is a way to seek a reconciliation between races. When the white South African players released on shoulders President Mbeki who showed high retrieved trophy, this was understood by many as a recognition that makes the former dominant race the majority of color. However, for the great South African majority social conditions have little changed after the nominal end of apartheid and what has happened is not something that would attract them much. South African majorities tend to use football as a sport that expresses them and try to do world of football 2010 as a way to show his new pride. In three years the eyes of world sport will be placed in a Republic that will try to show his attempts to leave had been the most segregationist country in the world.

Rugby World Cup competition is played every four years and just on the odd year that average between which corresponds to the World Cup and the Olympics. Although these games do not they awaken the universal enthusiasm of football or the games of all disciplines, its influence has been growing. Just 20 years ago the first of five tournaments that had joined international rugby. If the Olympics and the World Cup have suffered from wars and political vetoes to certain Nations, the rugby world has escaped them and has appeared almost with the beginning of the end of the cold war. Rugby is a variant of football. Until the middle of the 19th century many teams used to play variants of football that only played with the feet and hands that wore.