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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]
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 ...
Nicholas Vivian Haward Mallett [3] [4] (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984. He also coached the Springboks between 1997 and 2000 and was the head coach of Italy's rugby union team between 2007 and 2011. [5]
One of the Springboks or All Blacks will take it again in Paris on Saturday when they collide in the Rugby World Cup final for the only the second time. Jonah Lomu was corralled, Joel Stransky hit ...
The Springboks beat Australia in two tests in Australia earlier this month. Coach Rassie Erasmus earlier named his match-day 23 which featured nine changes from the team which beat the Wallabies ...
The Springboks won the first test 16–7, but lost the second 15–9. But Du Plessis and his men bounced back in the third test, winning 15–10. The Springboks took the victory in a 15–14 win over the New Zealanders in the fourth and final test. The following year he led the Springboks to victory, 45–24, over a World XV side in Pretoria.
In subsequent years it was often a choice between de Klerk and Van Heerden for the number 4 lock position in the Springbok team. [ 3 ] Following the 1974 test series against the British Lions, de Klerk also represent the Springboks against the, 1975 French touring team , the 1976 All Blacks , the 1980 South American Jaguars and British Lions ...
Springbok belief and physicality make for world beating mix. 12:21, Reuters. A record fourth Rugby World Cup showed South Africa’s dogged determination, which saw the team dig deep at critical ...