France, England and South Africa were unable to prise the William Webb Ellis trophy away from South Africa at the recent Rugby World Cup. Nor, it seems, could burglars who broke into South Africa Rugby Union's offices.
Monday's burglary took place at the hilltop office complex in Cape Town's northern suburbs where the union is among the tenants and the break-in included its offices, a spokesman told Netwerk 24.
There were no details of what was stolen but the replica trophy that Springboks brought home with them from France after successfully defending it with a series of narrow knock-out wins, was safe, the spokesman added.
