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[11] [13] The South Africans played an unofficial match against a 'France' team while the official French team were in England; the Springboks won 55–6. [14] [15] It was during this tour that the nickname Springboks was first used. [16] [17] [18] The 1910 British Isles tour of South Africa was the first to include representatives from all ...
South Africa (known as the Springboks) are a Rugby Union National Team that played their first international match in 1891. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches . The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
[5] [6] In 2018, Kolisi was appointed captain of the Springboks, becoming the first black man to hold the position [7] [8] and eventually leading the South African Rugby team to victory in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final against England, [9] and again in the 2023 Rugby World Cup Final against New Zealand.
In 2008, Basson was chosen to represent the Emerging Springboks team, which went on to win the 2008 IRB Nations Cup in Romania. [13] During the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, he twice played against the Lions; once for the Royal XV [14] and again for the Emerging Springboks. [15]
He was a member of the Springboks team that won a record-equalling third Rugby World Cup in 2019 [4] and he was a member of the Springboks team that won a record-setting fourth Rugby World Cup in 2023. De Allende is a part of a few elite players to have won two world cup titles.
In 2007, Ackermann became the oldest Springbok to play for the national side, at the age of 37. After the 2007 World Cup in France, he was recalled to the Springbok squad to play against the Barbarians. This was his last outing as an international player. [citation needed]
Jacobus Meyer Reinach (born 7 February 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for the Top 14 side Montpellier and South Africa national team. [1] [2] [3] His playing position is scrum-half and he is the son of former Springbok winger Jaco Reinach. [4]
Janse van Rensburg first represented Springboks XV in a non-cap friendly vs Barbarians XV in which he scored a last-gasp try to secure a 31-31 draw. He was later included in the Springboks squad for their 2016 Outgoing series of Europe. He started the final game of the tour vs Wales at inside centre where the Springboks lost.