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Hence a comprehensive list of coaches, or head selectors, is impossible. The following table is a list of coaches since the 1949 All Blacks tour to South Africa. Both World Cup-winning coaches, Christie and White, were inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in 2011 alongside all other World Cup-winning head coaches through the 2007 edition. [132]
The Springboks ended up winning the renowned series against the Lions 2–1, coming from behind after very narrowly losing the first test in Cape Town. [citation needed] In October 2023, Nienaber was head coach as the Springboks retained the Rugby World Cup. [12]
He was the head coach of the South African national team from 2018 to the end of their 2019 World Cup campaign, doubling up on his duties as the first ever SARU Director of Rugby, to which he was appointed towards the end of 2017. He led South Africa to win the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and 2023. He also won the 2019 World Rugby Coach of the Year ...
The Springboks have the most tournament wins at the Rugby World Cup - having won 4 times - although they have participated in fewer tournaments. In addition to this, they are the only rugby team to have won every World Cup final they have played in. [ citation needed ]
Libbok was replaced at fly half by Handre Pollard after just 30 minutes of South Africa’s Rugby World Cup semi-final win over England
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus, who elevated Kolisi to the captaincy last June, said reaching the final is one more step in South Africa's aim to get back to the top of world rugby.
Jacob Charles White (born 13 December 1963 [note 1] as Jacob Westerduin) [5] is a professional rugby union coach and former coach of the South African national team – the Springboks – whom he coached to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations. White also coached the Under-21 Springbok side to victory in the Under-21 World ...
The Springbok skipper now plays club rugby in France for Racing 92