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The Springboks then defeated Fiji 37–20 in the quarter-finals, and Argentina 37–13 in the semi-finals. In the final they prevailed 15–6 over England to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a second time. In January 2008, Peter de Villiers was appointed as the first non-white coach of the Springboks. De Villiers's first squad included ten of colour.
Matthew Proudfoot (born 30 January 1972) is a South African rugby union coach and former player who represented Scotland. He is currently coach of the Leopards. He was an assistant coach with South Africa, winning the 2019 World Cup. [1] In January 2020 he became forwards coach for England, [2] and left at the end of 2022. He had a coaching ...
In January 2020, Nienaber was announced as the new head coach of the Springboks and handed the keys to a World Champion squad. Unusually, Nienaber had no experience as a head coach at the time. He would have to wait a full year due to the Covid-19 pandemic before finally fielding his first team against Georgia on 2 July 2021 ahead of the 2021 ...
Scrumhalf Morne van den Berg and lock Ruan Nortje were expected to earn their first test starts in a South Africa team with 10 changes to the starting lineup which beat Australia last weekend in ...
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has named backrower Pieter-Steph du Toit at lock in place of injured Eben Etzebeth in his lineup for the Rugby Championship test against New Zealand at Ellis Park ...
Jones was a consultant on the Springboks coaching staff when they won their second World Cup title in France in 2007 and coached England in its loss to South Africa in the World Cup final four ...
He was on the coaching staff of the side that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2005, he took up a dual-coaching role when he was appointed backline coach for the Cats ahead of the 2006 Super 14 season. [17] Following the end of Jake White's tenure at the Springboks, Coetzee was one of the four main candidates to take over as head coach. [18]
Head coach Rassie Erasmus opted to rotate some key starting positions in the Springboks' victory over Scotland on Sunday, benching captain Siya Kolisi and flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, which has ...