Jacobus Francois Pienaar is a South African retired rugby union player who played flanker for the Springboks from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, when the Springboks beat New Zealand in the final at Ellis Park and Nelson Mandela presented him with the Webb Ellis Cup. Before that he captained Transvaal to the Super 10, Currie Cup and Lion Cup in 1993, and after being dropped from the national side in 1996 he played for the English club Saracens. He was voted international player of the year by Rugby World magazine in 1994.
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is a South African retired rugby union player
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He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
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