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In 1995, François Pienaar led the South African rugby team to world cup victory. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the team was the nation's new president, Nelson Mandela. It was possibly the best move of the tournament. KEITH DUGGANfinds out what the former Springboks captain thinks of Clint Eastwood, having Morgan Freeman over to dinner - and Matt Damon's rucking skills

POISE distinguished François Pienaar during the tumultuous, emotional summer when he led the Springboks to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, even as his native South Africa struggled to find its legs as a post-Apartheid country. Nelson Mandela's stroke of singular genius in the build-up to that tournament had been to set in motion a general re-imagining of the Springboks from the traditional symbol of white South African supremacy to the national darlings of this brand new and fragile society.