The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks, is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts. Their emblem is a native antelope, the Springbok, which is the national animal of South Africa. The team has been representing South Africa in international rugby union since 30 July 1891, when they played their first test match against a British Isles touring team. They are currently the reigning World Champions and have won the World Cup on three occasions,. The Springboks are equalled with the All Blacks with three World Cup wins.
Adolf Weich Malan is a former South African rugby union player. He played 159 matches for Northern Transvaal. His usual position was as lock, where he also played for the national team, the Springboks.
Pieter Gysbert Muller is a former international South Africa rugby union player. A centre, he was known for his strength and direct running.
Christiaan Petrus 'Tiaan' Strauss, is a former rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented both South Africa and Australia at international level in rugby union and also played top-level domestic rugby league in Australia. He won the 1999 Rugby World Cup with Australia and the Currie Cup with Western Province.
The 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played by the France national rugby union team in South Africa in July and August 1958. The French team played ten matches, of which they won five. One of the tour matches was against Rhodesia. They won the Test Series 1–0 against the Springboks.
Jan Adriaan Strauss is a South African former professional rugby union player who played first class rugby between 2005 and 2018. He played in 66 international test matches for South Africa and also featured in three non-test internationals. He played Super Rugby for the Bulls and the Cheetahs, making 156 appearances, a record by a South African player. He also made 78 Currie Cup appearances for the Blue Bulls and Free State Cheetahs.
Adriaanus Jacobus 'Adriaan' Richter, is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1992 and 1995.
Christiaan le Cordier "Chris" Rossouw is a retired South African rugby union player, usually positioned at hooker.
Malcolm Justin Marx is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is hooker, but he did play as a flanker at youth level for the Golden Lions.
Pieter Hendriks, is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1992 and 1996.
Jan Theodorus 'Theo' Jansen van Rensburg, is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team. He played as fullback.
Philip "Flippie" Rudolph van der Merwe is a South African former rugby union player who played six test matches for the South Africa national rugby union team from 1981 to 1989.
Peter 'Pierre' Edwards is a former South African rugby union player.
Keith Steven Andrews is a South African former rugby union player.
Robert James Cockrell was a South African rugby union player who played eleven test matches for the South Africa national rugby union team.
Cornelius Johannes 'Kleintjie' Grobler was a South African rugby union player.
Christopher Francis Pope is a former South African rugby union player.
Gert Hendrik Muller is a former South African rugby union player.
Peter Arnold Cronjé was a South African rugby union player.
Elandré van der Bergh is a South African former rugby union player.
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