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The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts, and their emblem is the Springbok, a native antelope and the national animal of South Africa. The team has represented South African Rugby Union in international rugby union since 30 July 1891, when they played their first test match against a British Isles touring team.
The History of the South Africa national rugby union team dates back to 1891, when the British Lions first toured South Africa where they played against South African representative sides. The South Africa national rugby union team played few international matches during a period of international sanctions due to apartheid.
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby.It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SACOS), and took up its current name in 2005.
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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]
Rugby union in South Africa is a highly popular team sport, along with cricket and soccer, and is widely played all over the country.The national team is among the strongest in the world and has been ranked in at least the top seven of the World Rugby Rankings since its inception in 2003. [2]
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11 June 2005 South Africa : 134–3 Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London: Try: Gürthro Steenkamp, Albert van den Berg 2, Solly Tyibilika 2, Danie Rossouw, Jacques Cronjé, Ricky Januarie, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Bryan Habana 2, Jean de Villiers 2, Marius Joubert, Tonderai Chavhanga 6, Jaque Fourie