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As part of a Youth Day Initiative, Bishops Rugby teams will embark on a 24hour cycle challenge to raise funds for the VUSA Rugby and Learning Academy in Langa.

VUSA creates social upliftment for primary school children in the Langa community through a structured academic, sporting and extra mural programme. For more information, please watch this short clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDN8hXpOEj0

Team Includes : Jonny Roche, Bruce Campbell, William Ross, Torben Bergh, Imad Khan

Each team will be captained by an international / successful Old Diocesan player.  

Jan Christian Stewart is a former rugby union centre, who played internationally for Canada and the South Africa Springboks. Stewart earned 17 caps, 14 with Canada and three with South Africa. 1989 he joined Villagers, within the Western Province club system. At the end of his career with Western Province in 1998, he played 136 games for the province and scored 31 tries.

Having dual nationality, Stewart represented Canada in two rugby world cups in 1991 and in 1995 when he was not eligible for selection for the Springboks of South Africa.

In 1998 when Christian was finally available to represent the Springboks of South Africa he was selected and played 3 test matches. Unfortunately, in his 3rd and final test he suffered a serious neck injury which ended his rugby playing career at the age of 33. After the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Christian Stewart was named in the all time Dream Team chosen by the rugby press.[

Stewart also played for the Stormers in South Africa, Rovigo in Italy and rugby league for the Sydney Bulldogs in Australia.

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