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Jannie Engelbrecht (born 10 November 1938) was a Springbok rugby player who represented his country from 1960 to 1969. He gained a reputation for tenacity as a result of scoring two tries during a vital 1964 provincial match despite having broken his collarbone earlier in the game.
The players had to participate in bare-knuckle fights with each other. [ 3 ] Most South Africans condemned Kamp Staaldraad, including the South African military forces; a spokesman for the South African National Defence Force pointedly told the Cape Times newspaper that the force never trained its recruits naked, and he knew of no military ...
Percy Montgomery holds the South African record for Test points. South Africa's most capped player is Eben Etzebeth with 128 caps. Matfield was the most-capped lock for any nation in rugby history, with all of his 127 appearances at that position in 2011, this record has now been overtaken by Alun Wyn Jones. [1]
The Springboks and All Blacks meet again in a Rugby World Cup final, 28 years after Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar united a nation Springboks set for rematch of day that ‘changed South ...
Small was born in Cape Town [1] to a working-class family, and attended Risidale Primary School and Greenside High School in Johannesburg, South Africa.He obtained Transvaal Colours for athletics and competed in the 100m and 400m when he was 16, but looking back said lacked the discipline in school required by athletics, preferring rugby as the fun alternative. [3]
International Rugby Players Women’s 15s Try of the Year Alyssa D’Incà ( Italy v Scotland, Women’s Six Nations, 20 April) Georgia Ponsonby ( New Zealand v Australia, Pacific Four Series, 25 May)
John Philip Botha (born 22 September 1979), more commonly known as Bakkies Botha, is a South African former professional rugby union player who played as a lock.He was a member of the South Africa team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France in addition to winning two Tri Nations titles in 2004 and 2009.
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]