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The 2024 Rugby Championship [a] was the thirteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand was the defending champion. [4] [5] On 28 September, South Africa won the championship for the first time since 2019 after a 48–7 win against Argentina ...
After the national team won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, black rugby pioneer Dan Qeqe stated, "The Springboks play for all of us." [ 81 ] In March 2004, the South African Sports Commission ratified a decision for the Protea to be the official rugby emblem on blazers and caps, allowing the Springbok to remain on the team jersey and the traditional ...
South Africa arrive as both world champions and, for the first time since 2019, Rugby Championship winners, with the Springboks dominant against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina.
20 July 2024 South Africa 64–21 Portugal: Free State, Bloemfontein 17:00 SAST Try: Jan-Hendrik Wessels Phepsi Buthelezi Kurt-Lee Arendse Ben-Jason Dixon Lukhanyo Am Makazole Mapimpi (3) Quan Horn Andre-Hugo Venter Con: Manie Libbok (2) Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (5) Referee: Hollie Davidson
New Zealand (the All Blacks) and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing Test Match Rugby against each other since 1921 when the All Blacks beat the Springboks in Dunedin 13–5. It is argued to be the biggest rivalry in rugby history. There is considerable history behind these matches, much of it off the field.
The Ireland rugby union team toured South Africa in July 2024. They played two test matches against the South Africa rugby union team, as part of the 2024 Summer Internationals. [1] It was Ireland's seventh tour to South Africa, and their first test series against the Springboks since 2016. [2]
February 3 – March 17: / / / / / / / 2024 Rugby Europe Championship; February 3 – April 12: / / / 2024 Rugby Europe Women's Championship; October 28, 2023 – April 13: / / / / / 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy; Club competitions. December 8, 2023 – May 25: / / / / / 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup (final in London)
The season also contains breaks for the 2024 end-of year internationals, the 2025 Men's Six Nations and the various matchdays of the 2024-25 European Rugby Champions and Challenge Cup. Some South African teams will play derby matches throughout the Six Nations, in which they South Africa are not involved.