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The team was named 2008 World Team of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards. [2] South Africa then won their third World Cup title, defeating England 32–12 in the 2019 final , and were named 2020 World Team of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards for the second time.
The team is made up of players of all ages and is not a youth side. The selection criteria vary, and it has been used most recently to give potential Springboks a taste of international rugby or to give experienced Springboks playing time to improve fitness or form. [citation needed]
South Africa (known as the Springboks) are a Rugby Union National Team that played their first international match in 1891. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches . The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
The South Africa national under-20 rugby union team (nicknamed the Junior Boks or the Baby Boks) are South Africa's junior team at national level. They have been competing in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship (formerly the IRB Junior World Championship) since its inception in 2008.
He went on to captain South Africa and became part of the only father-son pair to captain South Africa—his father had captained South Africa in 1949. [25] He led South Africa to a 3–1 series win over the All Blacks in 1976 and a series win over the British and Irish Lions in 1980 by the same margin. [ 26 ]
The South African national rugby sevens team, commonly known as the Springbok Sevens, [1] competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Overall, the team has won the World Rugby Sevens Series 4 times, as well as having won 40 tournaments in the series.
11 June 2005 South Africa : 134–3 Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London: Try: Gürthro Steenkamp, Albert van den Berg 2, Solly Tyibilika 2, Danie Rossouw, Jacques Cronjé, Ricky Januarie, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Bryan Habana 2, Jean de Villiers 2, Marius Joubert, Tonderai Chavhanga 6, Jaque Fourie
[2] [3] [4] He generally plays as a flanker and a loose forward. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2018, Kolisi was appointed captain of the Springboks, becoming the first black man to hold the position [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and eventually leading the South African Rugby team to victory in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final against England , [ 9 ] and again in the 2023 Rugby ...