From the stunning wildlife of the game parks to Nelson Mandela’s prison cell on Robben Island and the colossal stadiums that sat empty during the apartheid era boycotts – Wallabies coach Robbie Deans can’t get enough of South Africa.

The media here may be full of violent crime and fears the country is headed down neighbouring Zimbabwe’s path but in nearly 20 visits to the Republic – beginning with rebel New Zealand side the Cavaliers in 1986 – Deans has developed a bond with a country still emerging from its turbulent past.
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