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Hard on the field, but not afraid to show their vulnerability, care and love afterwards, Siya Kolisi and Jacques Nienaber pathed a modern type of masculinity, writes Adriaan Basson.
I grew up in pretty wild neighbourhoods where rugby was the preserve of the bulkiest, meanest boys in town.
For many years, mainstream rugby culture in South Africa was unfortunately linked to our violent past and militaristic indoctrination of a generation of white men. An extreme example of this was the infamous Kamp Staaldraad of 2003, where coach Rudolf Straeuli and his "experts" humiliated adult men in what must be the lowest point of Springbok rugby history.
