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The Springboks and New Zealand's national rugby team, the All Blacks, have a long tradition of intense and friendly sporting rivalry. [4] From 1948 to 1969, the South African apartheid regime affected team selection for the All Blacks, with selectors passing over Māori players for some All Black tours to South Africa. [5]
Truscott toured with the Springboks in 1992 to France and England. He did not play in any test matches for the Springboks but played in four tour matches. [ 1 ] In 1993, Truscott received a two-year ban after testing positive for the use of the banned stimulant. [ 3 ]
On 20 February 2021 Wiese scored Leicester's first try in a win against Wasps but was sent off in the first half for hitting an opponent's head with a dangerous ruck clear out, [56] and was subsequently banned for four weeks. [57] On 5 June 2021 Wiese was called up to the Springboks squad for their test series against the British and Irish ...
The Springboks won the match and the Cup. Small's career was marred by his verbal abuse of others on the rugby field, gaining notoriety as being the "bad boy" of the Springbok team. [1] [6] He became the first Springbok to ever be sent off, as a result of dissent towards referee Ed Morrison in the second test against Australia in 1993.
As a player, he may be best known for scoring 3 tries against the All Blacks in the famous "flour bomb" Test at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on 12 September 1981. South Africa lost the game 25–22. Ray Mordt played a total of 18 tests (plus 7 tour games) [2] for the Springboks, scoring 12 tries for a total of 48 points. [3]
John William Smit, OIS, (born 3 April 1978) is a South African former professional rugby union player and former chief executive officer of the Sharks.He was the 50th captain of the Springbok rugby union team and led the team to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Styger made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1983. In 1987 he joined Free State and continued his career in Bloemfontein.. He made his test debut for the Springboks as a replacement for Heinrich Rodgers after 24 minutes in the second half in the test against the New Zealand All Blacks on 15 Augustus 1992 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
Breyton Paulse (born 25 April 1976 in De Keur, Koue Bokkeveld) is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Africa, scoring 26 tries.