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1 4 0 20% Ian McIntosh: 1993–1994 12 4 2 6 33% Kitch Christie: 1994–1995 14 14 0 0 100% Argentina series win 1994; Rugby World Cup winner 1995: Andre Markgraaff: 1996 13 8 0 5 61% France series win 1996; Tri-Nations runner up 1996; Argentina series win 1996 Carel du Plessis: 1997 8 3 0 5 37% Tri-Nations runner up 1997: Nick Mallett: 1997 ...
Until 2018, it was also under the South Africa Under-20 team in the country's rugby hierarchy, but World Rugby changed its regulations to prohibit unions from designating an under-20 team as its second 15-a-side team.
A 72–3 victory over Scotland [2] and a 16–11 win against Samoa [3] saw them top the pool to qualify for the semi-final stages. They lost their semi-final match 18–26 to England , [ 4 ] but returned to winning ways with a 43–18 win over hosts Wales in the third-place play-off match.
The Springboks played five matches in Australia, winning them all. The three most important matches against New South Wales , were retroactively accorded Test status by the Australian Rugby Union in 1986, but remain as tour matches only for the South African Rugby Board .
Etzebeth was selected by the Springboks in the 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, making an appearance in every one of the team's pool matches, including one off the bench in South Africa's historic 32–34 loss to Japan. After starting in the rest of the pool matches, Etzebeth started in the quarter-final win against Wales and the semi ...
The 2001 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe and USA was a series of matches played in November–December 2001 in Europe and USA by South Africa national rugby union team. At the same time the "A" national team also toured Europe.
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
[1] [2] Apartheid had made South Africa an international pariah, and other countries were strongly discouraged from having sporting contacts with it. Rugby union was (and is) an extremely popular sport in New Zealand, and the South African national team, known as the Springboks, were considered to be New Zealand's most formidable opponents. [3]