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As of 23 November 2024, 945 South African rugby union players have represented the Springboks, either by playing in a test match or touring with the national side. Players included in the current squad as of 19 November 2024 are indicated in green.
A similar change was envisioned for the national rugby team. Consequently, from 1992, the national rugby team jersey featured a King Protea alongside the Springbok. As portrayed in the film Invictus, pressure to replace the Springbok emblem intensified in 1994, just before the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa.
Eben Etzebeth (born 29 October 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and the South Africa national rugby team. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He made his international debut for the Springboks in 2012 and has since won 130 caps, making him the Springboks' most capped player.
Speaking of which…while the 15-a-side game has provided many highlights, the success of sevens at Paris 2024 felt like a huge moment for a format facing more than a few questions about its future.
Ben-Jason Dixon (born 29 April 1998) is a South African rugby union player for the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship and Western Province in the Currie Cup. [2] [3] His regular position is lock or flanker. He earned his 1st Springbok cap on 20 July 2024. Dixon was named in the Stormers squad for the 2020 Super Rugby season. [4]
Pieter Stephanus du Toit (born 20 August 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player and two-time winner of World Rugby Player of the Year (in 2019, 2024). Du Toit plays as a lock or a flanker for the South Africa national team and the Toyota Verblitz in Japan Rugby League One.
Nose bloodied, the world champions got to work. Libbok’s opening few moments – a dropped ball, a skewed kick, an errant pass – had been indistinct but half-back partner Grant Williams ...
Steven Kitshoff (born 10 February 1992) is a South African professional rugby player who currently plays for the Stormers.His playing position is loosehead prop.He represents the South Africa national team and has previously played for Bordeaux in the French Top 14 and Western Province in the Currie Cup.