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How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?
"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronjé's involvement with Indian bookmakers and his resulting public confession rocked the international sporting community. An unprecedented rise to glory was followed by the most horrific fall. A tarnished hero fueled the nation's fury.
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Frank Rautenbach Sarah Thompson Eric Nobbs Sybel Coetzee Brandon Auret Candice D'Arcy Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots Dane Vilas Dawid Minnaar André Jacobs Ray McCauley Rajesh Gopie Rajit Kapoor Leslie Mongezi James Borthwick Kopano Thekiso Stephen Hughes Regardt van den Bergh Deon Lotz Anton Dekker Strini Pillai Nick Lorentz David Sherwood Linda Mpondo Douglas Bristow Astrid Braaf Chris van Rensburg Alistair Moulton Black Ricky Botsis Nelson Mandela Patrick John Walton Jonathan Hearns Chris Thompson Matthew Dylan Roberts Fraser Nixon
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