The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament was first held in 1987, when the tournament was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.
The Namibia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, are a tier-two nation in the World Rugby tier system, and have participated in five Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999. They are governed by the Namibia Rugby Union.
The Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Bulls, are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super Rugby competition. They are based in Pretoria and play their home matches at Loftus Versfeld. Prior to 1998, the Bulls competed in the then-Super 12 as Northern Transvaal, as in those years South Africa was represented in the competition by its top four Currie Cup sides from the previous season, instead of the modern Super Rugby teams.
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.
The South Africa national rugby league team are a rugby league football team that represents South Africa. South Africa to date have competed at two Rugby League World Cups in 1995 and 2000 but have failed to win a game in the competition.
The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven.
Stadium de Toulouse is the largest multi-purpose stadium in Toulouse, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches, mainly those of the Toulouse Football Club and the big games of rugby for Stade Toulousain in the European Rugby Champions Cup or Top 14. It also hosts the test matches of France's national rugby union team. It is located on the island of Ramier near the centre of Toulouse. It is a pure football and rugby ground, and therefore has no athletics track surrounding the field. The stadium is able to hold 33,150 people.
Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle, is a rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His usual position is at hooker.
The South American Jaguars was a rugby union team made up of players from South America, who competed against South African teams in the 1980s.
The 1980 France rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played by the France national rugby union team in South Africa in November 1980. France lost their only international match against the South Africa national rugby union team.
The contest between The Wallabies and The Springboks is one of the major rivalries in rugby union.
The South Africa national under-20 rugby union team are South Africa's junior team at national level. They have been competing in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship since its inception in 2008. This Under-20 tournament replaced the previously-held Under-19 and Under-21 Rugby World Championships. Prior to 2018, it had been the country's "next senior" (second-level) 15-man national side, but World Rugby no longer allows member unions to designate age-grade sides as "next senior' teams.
Eben Etzebeth is a South African rugby player for the South Africa national team, the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup, before joining Toulon in the Top 14 in France after the 2019 Rugby World Cup. His regular playing position is as a number 4 lock.
The 1980 South American Jaguars rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the South American Jaguars rugby union team in South Africa in April and May 1980. The South American team won the first four matches of the tour and lost the last three. The lost both tests of the two match series against the South Africa national rugby union team.
The 1996 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina and Europe was a series of rugby union matches played during November and December 1996 in Argentina, France and Wales by the South Africa national rugby union team.
Sikhumbuzo Notshe is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup. His regular playing position is flanker.
The South African national under-18 rugby union team – often referred to as the South African Schools rugby union team – is the under-18 side of the South Africa national rugby union team.
Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Bulls in Super Rugby and Honda Heat in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is lock.
Stedman-Ghee Rivett Gans is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team and a rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge. He usually plays as a centre or a winger.
