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The jersey is embroidered with the SA Rugby logo on the wearer's left chest and the springbok logo on the right chest. The first shirt worn by South Africa was navy blue during their Tests against the British Isles on the Lions tour of 1891. [87] The green jersey was first adopted when the British Isles toured South Africa in 1903.
A normal rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16–23.
On 1 August during the 2009 Tri Nations tournament, Morné Steyn set a number of records during the second Test between the Springboks and the All Blacks. The Springboks won 31–19, with Steyn scoring all South Africa's points – 1 try, 1 conversion, 8 penalties. This gave him records for:
Greatest winning margin [1]; Points margin (score) Opposing team Venue Year 131 (134–3) : Uruguay: Buffalo City Stadium, East London : 2005 101 (101–0) : Italy: Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Despite suffering from some injury setbacks along the way, Etzebeth has maintained his position as first choice in the number 4 jersey throughout his Springbok career. By the end of the 2014 Rugby Championship he had made 29 appearances for his national team and is yet to score a try. Uniquely he has made more international appearances than he ...
Larry Jones (1967-68) and Bob Zarr (1964-65) only did so as their alternate road jersey numbers back when the Lobos had an even number for their home whites and odd number for their road dark jerseys.
Out of all the mashed potato mistakes you can make, adding too much liquid to your spuds is sure to ruin your day. After all, nobody wants to take a scoop of soupy mashed potatoes! But what if you ...
The team thereafter wore blazers with a springbok on the left breast pocket. [15] Research in 1992 showed that the design for a Springbok head which was used on the cap as well as the jumping Springbok for use on the jersey and blazer was designed by a German-born artist Heinrich Egersdörfer, living at the time in Woodstock, Cape Town. [16]