separately during South Africa under Apartheid. On 23 March 1992 the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SARU) and the South African Rugby Board (SARB) were...
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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)...
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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...
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The South African African Rugby Board (later renamed the South African Rugby Association) was the body that governed black African South African rugby union...
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The national rugby union teams of England and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and by October 2023...
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South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players from the South Africa national rugby union team have...
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is listed as captain number 13 by the South African Rugby Annual, the official yearbook of the South African Rugby Union. 2 ^ Felix and Morné du Plessis...
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March 1992 the non-racial South African Rugby Union and the South African Rugby Board were merged to form the South African Rugby Football Union. The unified...
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The Ireland and South Africa rugby union teams have a rivalry dating back to 1906. The Springboks of South Africa dominated their early meetings, with...
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divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in...
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by the South African Rugby League. The sport has long struggled in South Africa due to traditional schism dispute over professionalism in rugby and the...
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as the South African Rugby Union. SARU's predecessor was the South African Coloured Rugby Football Board, founded in 1897 during South Africa's British...
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The national rugby union teams of Scotland and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and as of November...
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South Africa and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union since 1906. Of the 42 matches played to date, South Africa have won 34, with one...
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New Zealand (the All Blacks) and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing Test Match Rugby against each other since 1921 when the All Blacks beat...
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The 1981 South African rugby tour (known in New Zealand as the 1981 Springbok Tour, and in South Africa as the Rebel Tour) polarised opinions and inspired...
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in South Africa South African Rugby Union South African rugby union captains List of South Africa national rugby union players South African rugby union...
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South Africa have played at 8 of the 10 Rugby World Cup tournaments, having been unable to compete in the first two tournaments due to a sports boycott...
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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...
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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...
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national governing bodies: the South African Rugby Union, New Zealand Rugby Union, Rugby Australia and the Argentine Rugby Union. The inaugural Tri Nations...
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series of 1963. Prior to 1972, South African teams were racially selected, organised by the whites-only South African Rugby Board. Australia then supported...
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The Ireland rugby union team toured South Africa in July 2024. They played two test matches against the South Africa rugby union team, as part of the 2024...
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South African Rugby Board and the mainly black South African Rugby Union). In March 1992 these were formally combined to form the South African Rugby...
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traditional rugby powers of South Africa and New Zealand formed their Unions before the end of the 19th century. The white South African Rugby Board merged...
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former pole vaulter, holds the African record and only African in the "6 metres club" Schalk Brits, professional rugby player Zola Budd, former track...
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Mandela, the President of South Africa, wearing a Springboks rugby shirt and cap, presented the Webb Ellis Cup to the South African captain François Pienaar...
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1889 South African Rugby Board Trophy was the first domestic rugby union competition held in South Africa. It took place after the South African Rugby Board...
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Craven from South Africa was one of the greatest scrum halves in the 1930s and a respected administrator of the South African Rugby Board. Gareth Edwards...
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The South African national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth...
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