Thursday, October 25, 2007

Springboks coming to Cape Town

By Henry Booysen
25 October 2007


The Springboks will bring the William Webb Ellis trophy to Cape Town when they continue their victory parade around South Africa.

On Monday the 29th of October the rugby world cup champions the springboks will grace Cape Town bringing the cup home where it will be held for safe keeping.

The City of Cape Town says before their arrival entertainers will dance on the grand parade making a rapturous welcome statement for the champions.

The springboks will then meet Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Mayor Helen Zille at the Cape Town City Hall where they would display the William Webb Ellis they battled out for against England on Saturday.

The celebration will then follow with a bus trip through Cape Town to Newlands where captain John Smit will hand over the trophy to SA Rugby for Safekeeping.

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