Legendary Players & Captains
12 entries in the South Africa Springboks compendium.
Legendary Players & Captains — Era Chart
Naas BothaThe fly-half with the golden boot who dominated South African rugby through the isolation John SmitThe 50th Springbok captain who led South Africa to the 2007 Rugby World Cup title and retiSchalk BurgerA Springbok flanker who won the 2007 Rugby World Cup and was named IRB Player of the Year Handre PollardThe golden-booted architect of the Springboks' modern World Cup dominance.Percy MontgomeryRecord-holding Springbok fullback and 2007 World Cup winner.Cheslin KolbeThe lightning-fast winger who redefined speed and agility in global rugby.Francois LouwA flanker who won 76 caps for South Africa and helped the Springboks win the 2019 Rugby WoJoel StranskyThe fly-half who scored all 15 points, including the winning drop goal, in the 1995 Rugby Gary TeichmannA number eight who captained the Springboks to a record 17-test winning streak between 199Jannie du PlessisA prop who balanced medicine and rugby, earning 70 Springbok caps and a World Cup winners'Ruan PienaarThe son of a Springbok, a World Cup winner in 2007, and a player whose vision drew compariBismarck du PlessisThe dominant hooker who anchored the Springboks' front row with power and precision.
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