Springboks Rugby World Cup winner James Small dies, aged 50

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Rugby World Cup-winning winger James Small has died at the age of 50.

Small’s mother, Vaughn Small, confirmed the news to Afrikaans publication Netwerk 24.

Small played 47 Tests for South Africa between 1992 and 1997, and was a part of the Springboks team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup on home soil.

Small is the third member of the 1995 Springboks team to have died.

Ruben Kruger died from brain cancer in 2010, and Joost van der Westhuizen from motor neurone disease in 2017.

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