Rory Steyn is

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...

's former chief of security. He also served as the security liaison for the New Zealand All Blacks during the

1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup (), was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in ...

. In 2001, Steyn published a memoir, ''One Step Behind Mandela: The Story of Rory Steyn, Nelson Mandela's Chief Bodyguard'', co-authored with

Debora Patta Debora Patta (born 1 September 1964) is a South African investigative broadcast journalist and television producer, who serves as the Africa correspondent for the American news program '' The CBS Evening News'' since 2013. She was previously t ...

. In the memoir he claims that the All Blacks had "definitely been poisoned" before the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first high-profile South African to acknowledge any wrongdoing.

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