Brian Moore recalls the 1995 Rugby World Cup as the UK release of Invictus nears in The Daily Telegraph.
"Due to the relative stability of South Africa today, recollections often fail to record that at the time this success was far from certain. I toured South Africa in 1994 and played in the World Cup a year later and took the time to speak about the political situation with a variety of people of all races and political hues.
"The consensus was that they had reached the point where initial euphoria at rule by the black majority had been replaced with a realisation of how difficult would be the task of satisfying their expectations. The phrase ‘knife-edge’ was used more than once.
"As with most films based on actual events, this will manipulate a number of things to ensure what its makers consider a coherent narrative."
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