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Marius Charl Joubert is a South African rugby union player who played as a centre for Sharks in Super Rugby. He has previously played for the Boland Cavaliers, Free State Cheetahs, ASM Clermont Auvergne and Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers and the Cheetahs in Super Rugby. Joubert was educated at Paarl Gimnasium, alongside current Springboks and former Western Province and Stormers teammates De Wet Barry and Jean de Villiers. A few years later, the same school produced another current Springbok star in Schalk Burger.
The Northern Free State Griffons are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge tournaments. They play out of Welkom at North West Stadium, and draw players from roughly the eastern third of Free State Province.
Christoffel Johannes van der Linde is a former South African rugby union player and currently the scrum coach at French Top 14 side Montpellier. He played first class rugby between 2002 and 2015 in South Africa, Ireland, England and France and also made 75 test matches for South Africa, which included winning the 2007 Rugby World Cup. His usual playing position was prop.
Johan 'Rassie' Erasmus is a South African rugby union coach and former international player. He is the former Director of Rugby of Irish provincial side Munster, having previously served as General Manager: High Performance Teams for South African Rugby Union. As of 2018, Erasmus is the South African national team's head coach, doubling up on his duties as the first ever SARU Director of Rugby, which he was appointed towards the end of 2017.
Marco Van Zyl Wentzel is a rugby union player. He plays as a lock or in the back-row.
Robert Thompson Ebersohn is a rugby union and Sevens player from South Africa. He has played for the Springboks Sevens, South Africa Under 20 and made his Super 14 debut for the Cheetahs in 2010. When participating in the 15-man format of rugby, his preferred position is centre although he has been employed as a fullback on various occasions.
Phillipus Jacobus Snyman 'JP' du Plessis is a South African rugby union player for San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby.
Ashley Johnson is a professional rugby union player who currently plays for Wasps in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played for Free State Cheetahs at provincial level, Cheetahs in the Super Rugby and the Springboks. His usual position is hooker, having converted from backrow whilst with current club Wasps. His first game for the Springboks was in 2009 on tour to the British Isles, but he only earned his first Test Caps in the 2011 Tri-Nations series.
Davon Stephanus Raubenheimer is a professional rugby union rugby player. His regular playing position is flanker.
Coenraad Victor Oosthuizen, nicknamed 'Coenie' or 'Shrek', is a professional rugby union player for the South African national team and for the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. He previously represented the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup, the Cheetahs in Super Rugby and also was chosen for the Springboks squad in 2010, 2011 and 2012, making his test debut in the first test against England in Durban in 2012.
Josias Mathiem Ebersohn is a former South African rugby union player that usually played as a fly-half. He most recently played for the Pumas in the South African domestic Currie Cup competition.
Tertius Daniller is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played with Western Province. His usually plays as a loose-forward.
Hendrik Petrus Venter is a South African rugby union player for Toshiba Brave Lupus in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is flanker.
Pieter Hugo Kloppers is a South African rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is lock.
Kevin Luiters is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played with the Pumas in the Currie Cup rugby. His regular position is scrum-half.
Kevin Bruce Stevens is a South African rugby union player for the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup. His regular position is loosehead prop.
Pieter Willem Gabriel Rossouw is a former South African rugby player and current coach. Rossouw played wing for Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers in the Super Rugby competition. He played a total of 43 times for the Springboks, making him one of the most capped Springbok wingers after South Africa's readmission to international rugby. He was also one of South Africa's most prolific try-scoring wingers, post-isolation, with only Breyton Paulse(26) and Bryan Habana(53) scoring more tries. He is 7th on the all-time try-scoring list for the Springboks. Rossouw is currently the backline coach of the Bulls in Super rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. He was known as "Slaptjips", apparently because the sight of his running legs was like potato chips slapping together. Pieter is the older brother of Chris Rossouw, who played flyhalf for Western Province and the Free State Cheetahs.
Theo Ernst Stapelberg is a South African rugby union player for the Cheetahs in Pro14, the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Free State XV in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is fly-half.
