John Hart

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DSPN -RUGBY · John Hart Reflects On 1996 South Africa Tour, Jonah Lomu & Rassie Erasmus · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

I knew he could do a really good job for us, and he did.

And he became an All Black, which was pretty special.

Yeah, really important.

I think we were lucky that I think a lot of our guys were at the head of the field in professionalism when the game turned professional.

I agree with you.

A lot of our guys were very professional anyhow in the way they carried themselves out, carried themselves.

I think...

Obviously, money changed that.

But they were professional in their attitudes.

And I think that's one of the underpinning things about 1916 was a very, very professional approach and players that knew how to win, how important it was to win.

I'm sure the 1995 World Cup hurt them.

Not a lot because I think it was something they wanted to put behind them and...

We were on a new era, and it was a new era in terms of professionalism and tri-nations and all the things that were happening.

But we knew, I knew very much that that was a real, for Sean Fitzpatrick, that loss was a real tough loss.

And, I mean, he nearly retired.

after 95, and I had to talk him into playing again in 96 and taking us to Africa because he was shattered by that loss.

So I know how much it would mean to some of those guys, and I think that was something that was burning within them as well.

And it's interesting if you look back.

I mean, for some of them,

The older guys really understood South Africa and the history.

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