The South Africa national rugby union team are affectionately known as the Springboks by supporters all over the world. They’re also the current holders of the Rugby World Cup and are one of the finest teams on the planet.
On this page you’ll find everything there is to know about the South Africa Rugby team. You can discover the history of the team, learn more about the current South Africa Rugby squad and see the latest fixtures and results for the South Africa national rugby union team.
Although still waiting for his debut Test match as Springboks head coach, Jacques Nienaber has had a baptism of fire off the field.
“My previous injuries and the rehab I did has helped me massively this time but the difference is that we are in a race against the clock and everything is being condensed."
The South Africa national rugby union team are affectionately known as the Springboks by supporters all over the world. They’re also the current holders of the Rugby World Cup and are one of the finest teams on the planet.
On this page you’ll find everything there is to know about the South Africa Rugby team. You can discover the history of the team, learn more about the current South Africa Rugby squad and see the latest fixtures and results for the South Africa national rugby union team.
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The Rugby Championship Rugby World Cup | Round 0 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-  South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 0 |
|---|
| - South Africa |
| - Argentina |
| - New Zealand |
| - Australia |
Ever since their inception, the South Africa Rugby team have been highly successful. By the inter-war years, they’d already established themselves as one of the great powers of rugby union.
However, although the South Africa national rugby union team have always been influential, the team haven’t always had chance to display their dominance on the pitch. For example, although South Africa was instrumental in the creation of the Rugby World Cup, the team could not compete in the first two editions of the tournament due to anti-apartheid sporting boycotts.
But, the first time the South Africa Rugby team entered the competition in 1995, they both hosted and won the tournament. Since, they’ve continued to be highly successful. They’ve won the tournament twice more (2007 and 2019) and they’ve even been the number-one ranked team in the world on multiple occasions.
In addition, since the South Africa Rugby team were added to the Rugby Championship tournament in 1996, they’ve won the competition on four occasions. They’re also the only team who have won this competition and the Rugby World Cup in the same year.
Tendai Mtawarira Prop 
Steven Kitshoff Prop 
Thomas du Toit Prop 
Lizo Gqoboka Prop 
Malcolm Marx Hooker 
Mbongeni Mbonami Hooker 
Schalk Brits Hooker 
Siyabonga Ntubeni Hooker 
Trevor Nyakane Prop 
Frans Malherbe Prop 
Wilco Louw Prop 
Vincent Koch Prop 
Lood De Jager Lock 
Rynhard Elstadt Lock 
Eben Etzebeth Lock 
Franco Mostert Lock 
RG Snyman Lock 
Marvin Orie Lock 
Lodewyk De Jager Lock 
Kwagga Smith Flanker 6 
Marco van Staden Flanker 6 
Marcell Coetzee Flanker 6 
Siya Kolisi Flanker 6 
Francois Louw Flanker 7 
Pieter-Steph du Toit Flanker 7 
Warren Whiteley Number 8 
Duane Vermeulen Number 8 
Jacobus Reinach Scrum half 
Francois de Klerk Scrum half 
Hershel Jantjies Scrum half 
Embrose Papier Scrum half 
Ivan van Zyl Scrum half 
Handre Pollard Fly half 
Damian Willemse Fly half 
Elton Jantjies Fly half 
Makazole Mapimpi Wing 
Aphiwe Dyantyi Wing 
Damian de Allende Centre 
Andre Esterhuizen Centre 
Frans Steyn Centre 
Jesse Kriel Centre 
Lukhanyo Am Centre 
Sibusiso Nkosi Wing 
Warrick Gelant Fullback 
Dillyn Leyds Fullback 
Willie Le Roux Fullback 
Cheslin Kolbe Fullback Several giants of the game have played for the South Africa Rugby team on the international stage. This includes 12 players who have been inducted into either the International Rugby Hall of Fame or the World Rugby Hall of Fame, such as John Smit and Francois Pienaar.
The current South Africa Rugby squad also includes many star names like loose forward Siya Kolisi, centre François Steyn and prop Vincent Koch.
