South Africa’s Heyneke Meyer adds to inspiring images of Rugby World Cup | Robert Kitson

Meyer, one of the most passionate coaches in world sport, gave new meaning to the phrase ‘dignity in defeat’ against the All Blacks during a tournament which has enjoyed its fair share of Andrew Flintoff-Brett Lee style snapshotsIn 1996, a year after rugby union had turned professional, the London Evening Standard published an interview with Andy Ripley, one of England’s greatest Corinthian sportsmen. Paying people to play rugby, he argued, would destroy the soul of the game he loved.“Friendship and loyalty have been smashed,” he lamented, criticising the “sugar daddies” waving their cash abou…