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Felix du Plessis (24 November 1919 – 1 May 1978) was a South African rugby union footballer and captain of the South Africa (Springbok) team that in 1949 beat the All Blacks thrice in succession, a feat that was not repeated by a South African side until 2009. [1]
He is listed as captain number 13 by the South African Rugby Annual, the official yearbook of the South African Rugby Union. [5] 2 ^ Felix and Morné du Plessis are the only father-son combination who captained South Africa. 3 ^ Victor Matfield returned as captain in June 2014 after Jean de Villiers was injured.
The first was a South Africa win at Johannesburg, but the Second Test, played at Cape Town, saw Fry on the losing side as an international for the first time. Australia won 14–18, with the defeat put down to a South Africans tactical change to try and run with the ball more, in a desire to play to the crowd. [ 15 ]
Paul Johannes Roos (30 October 1880 – 22 September 1948) [1] (also known as Oom Polla – Afrikaans for "Uncle Polla", "Polla" being a pet name for "Paul") was one of the first South African Springbok rugby union captains and led the first South African rugby team to tour overseas – to Britain in 1906.
Springbok rugby [ edit ] De Villiers also excelled in rugby (scrumhalf position) and became involved in all levels of the sport, including representing South Africa in 25 test matches, [ 4 ] His first international test match was in 1962 against the British Lions, aged 22.
Marthinus Theunis Steyn 'Theuns' Stofberg (6 June 1955 – 23 August 2023) [1] was a South African rugby union player who was captain of the national team for four tests between 1980 and 1984. [2] He is remembered for his speed and his size, both remarkable for a flank at that time.
He captained the South African team at the 2019 Rugby World Cup tournament in Yokohama, Japan, defeating England 32–12 in the final to lift the Webb Ellis Cup. [26] This was South Africa's third World Cup win, tying with New Zealand. In 2019, Siya Kolisi became the first black captain of a World Cup-winning side. [9] [27]
Barry "Fairy" Heatlie (25 April 1872 – 19 August 1951) [1] was a rugby union player, representing both South Africa and Argentina.He was the fifth captain of the South African rugby union team and is attributed as the man who gave the Springboks their famous green jersey.