It's a simple story about good (The Springboks) versus evil (The All Blacks).
High Plains Drifter story is as follows, and with some simple Invictus editing:
The story depicts the efforts of a small mining town (edit - mining country) to defend itself against a group of rogue gunfighters (edit - The All Blacks) with the help of a mysterious outsider (Eastwood) (edit - The Springboks), referred to as the Stranger. The town hire the Stranger to protect them.
The Stranger rides into the fictional mining town of Lago. When he enters the saloon, he is followed by three gun-toting men (edit - Australia, Romania and Canada) who taunt him. When one man swivels him around, he shoots them dead.
When he lies down to sleep, he remembers a scene in which a man is brutally whipped. It is revealed later in the film that Marshal Jim Duncan was whipped to death by gunfighters. Various indications throughout the film suggest that the Stranger is some sort of reincarnation or embodiment of Duncan's spirit (edit - spiritual guardian of the game of rugby).
The next day, Sheriff Shaw (edit - President Nelson Mandela) tells the stranger he will not be charged for killing the three men. Meanwhile, the townsmen discuss Bridges and the Carlin brothers (edit - The All Blacks), who are due to be released from prison that day.
Bridges and the Carlin brothers are released from prison and make their way to Lago. They begin on foot but kill three other men (edit - Ireland, Wales and Japan) on the way.
Lago is painted red (edit - green and gold) and the name changed to Hell (edit - Ellis Park) before the gunfighters return. With the town painted red, and a picnic (edit - made by Suzie) and welcoming banner set up for the gunfighters.
When the gunfighters arrive, they encounter almost no resistance at all (edit - Scotland and England). However, the Stranger kills the gunfighters.
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So who won?
Rugby and the free and fair elections were the winners at the end of the day.
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