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The first springbok logo was introduced in 1906 during a Springboks tour. The first Springbok colours were created in 1906 during the 1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of the Northern Hemisphere as none had been provided for them and the captain Paul Roos decided that the team need to create their own emblem and nickname to prevent the British press creating one for them.
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]
After the national team won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, black rugby pioneer Dan Qeqe stated, "The Springboks play for all of us." [ 81 ] In March 2004, the South African Sports Commission ratified a decision for the Protea to be the official rugby emblem on blazers and caps, allowing the Springbok to remain on the team jersey and the traditional ...
He earned his first cap as the second youngest player to ever play for the Springboks. In June 2023, he was included in the wider 40-player squad for the 2023 Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup training camp. Two months later, he was also named in the final 33-person South Africa squad for the 2023 World Cup in France.
He is listed as captain number 13 by the South African Rugby Annual, the official yearbook of the South African Rugby Union. [5] 2 ^ Felix and Morné du Plessis are the only father-son combination who captained South Africa. 3 ^ Victor Matfield returned as captain in June 2014 after Jean de Villiers was injured.
Despite having less than ten minutes of Super Rugby experience and five Vodacom Cup matches to his name, Ralepelle was included in the Springboks squad for the 2006 Tri Nations Series. Head coach Jake White named Ralepelle on the bench for the second test against Australia in Sydney, but he failed to make an appearance. [5]
His success and brilliant play in the Super Rugby season earned him a place in the preliminary Springbok squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He made two more appearances for the Springboks in 2011 during the Tri-nations and earned his first start on 30 July at fly-half against New Zealand . [ 8 ]
The South Africa national under-20 rugby union team (nicknamed the Junior Boks or the Baby Boks) are South Africa's junior team at national level. They have been competing in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship (formerly the IRB Junior World Championship) since its inception in 2008.