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The following lists events that happened during 1958 in South Africa.
The Sharks are a South Africa rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The Sharks are the current representative team of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union and they draw some of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. For most of their history, the team was known simply as 'Natal', with a nickname of 'The Banana Boys' or Piesangboere in Afrikaans, until the mid-1990s when they were re-branded as the Sharks.
Steven Robert Sykes is a South African former rugby union player. He played for Oyonnax in the French Top 14. His regular position was lock.
Coenraad Victor Oosthuizen, nicknamed 'Coenie' or 'Shrek', is a professional rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the English Premiership. He previously represented the Free State Cheetahs and Sharks in the Currie Cup, the Cheetahs and Sharks 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.
Siyabonga 'Scarra' Ntubeni is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as hooker for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.
Pieter Stephanus du Toit is a South African professional rugby union player. Du Toit plays as a lock or a flanker for the South Africa national team and the Toyota Verblitz in Japan Rugby League One. After winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup with South Africa, he was awarded the 2019 World Rugby Player of the Year. He was awarded player of the match in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand.
Joseph Stephanus Theuns Lewies is a South African rugby union player for the Harlequins in the Premiership in England. His regular position is lock.
Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen is a South African professional rugby union player for the Harlequins in the English Premiership and South Africa national team. His regular position is centre or full-back.
Thomas Joubert du Toit is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Bath Rugby in the Gallagher Premiership. His regular position is prop. His nickname is The Tank.
Robert James du Preez is a South African professional rugby union player for English Premiership side Sale Sharks. His regular position is fly-half.
Cameron Robin Wright is a South African rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half.
The 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 77th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 7 August to 24 October 2015. The tournament was the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.
Curwin Dominique Bosch is a South African professional rugby union player for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and in the Currie Cup. He can play as a fly-half or a fullback.
Inny-Christian Radebe is a South African rugby union player for the Sharks in the Currie Cup and the Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a fly-half, inside centre or fullback.
S'busiso Romeo Nkosi (born 21 January 1996 is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the Bulls in United Rugby Championship. His regular position is winger.
In 2018, the Sharks participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the Bulls, Jaguares, Lions and Stormers.
Phendulani Sikhizane Hendrick "Phepsi" Buthelezi is a South African rugby union player who captains the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Currie Cup and the Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge. He plays as a Loose forward.
The 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 81st edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. DirectAxis Financial Services was the tournament sponsor. It was organised by the South African Rugby Union and ran from 12 July to 7 September 2019.
Ntuthuko Mchunu is a South African rugby union player for the Sharks in the Pro 14 Rainbow Cup SA. His regular position is prop.
The Wales national rugby union team toured South Africa in July 2022 for a series of three test matches against the South Africa national team. It was the seventh time Wales had toured South Africa in test history. In each of the previous 10 matches contested between the two nations on South African soil – the first of which took place in 1964 – South Africa were the victors.
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- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Khutha Mchunu". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
