South Africa World Cup winner Hannes Strydom dies in car crash aged 58

Strydom, who helped the Springboks lift the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time in 1995, was killed in a car accident on Sunday evening.
South Africa World Cup winner Hannes Strydom dies in car crash aged 58

Hannes Strydom of South Africa competes in the line out in the 1995 World Cup against France.

World Cup-winning South Africa second-row Hannes Strydom has been described as "one of the great locks of his generation" following his death at the age of 58.

Strydom, who helped the Springboks lift the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time in 1995, was killed in a car accident on Sunday evening.

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