South Africa - Team | Rugby World Cup 2023
May 25, 1995 · South Africa are one of only two teams, alongside New Zealand, to have won Rugby World Cup on three occasions. The Springboks missed the first two tournaments due to their exclusion from international sport, but have more than made up for it since.
South Africa: Rugby World Cup 2023 review
South Africa bounced back to achieve greatness at France 2023 by simply not knowing when they were beaten. Just the second team to win back-to-back Rugby World Cup title - and they did it the hard way.
Pollard and De Klerk to start final - South Africa name team to play ...
South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has named his matchday 23 to face New Zealand in the World Cup final at Stade de France on Saturday. Half-backs Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard start in the only two changes to the starting line-up that faced England in the semi-finals.
Reinach and Libbok start - South Africa name team to ... - Rugby …
South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has named his matchday 23 to face France in Stade de France on Sunday. In the starting XV, Cobus Reinach (pictured) and Manie Libbok are preferred at scrum-half and fly-half to Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard respectively, while Duane Vermeulen starts at number eight ahead of Jasper Wiese, who drops out ...
South Africa announce team to play Tonga - Rugby World Cup
South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has made 12 changes to his starting side to face Tonga in Stade de Marseille on Sunday 1 October, with fit-again fly-half Handre Pollard returning for his first game of Rugby World Cup 2023 in a completely overhauled backline, Deon Fourie starting his first test at hooker and Duan Vermuelen starting at ...
South Africa name team to play Ireland - Rugby World Cup
Eleven of the players who started South Africa’s 19-16 defeat by Ireland in Dublin in November 2022 have made this weekend’s run-on team. Of the top 10 ranked teams, only New Zealand’s Mark Telea (2.9) averages more line-breaks per match in 2023 than Cheslin Kolbe (2.25).
South Africa name team to play England - Rugby World Cup
South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has named an unchanged match-day 23 to face England in their Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final at Stade de France on Saturday, 21 October, with the same starting XV and replacements that beat …
South Africa make late swap to play Romania - Rugby World Cup
UPDATED - Prop Vincent Koch drops out of South Africa starting XV through injury to be replaced by Trevor Nyakane, with Frans Malherbe coming on to the bench to face Romania in Pool B at Stade de Bordeaux on Sunday, 17 September.
Centre Am to replace injured wing Mapimpi for South Africa ｜ …
South Africa have confirmed centre Lukhanyo Am has replaced wing Makazole Mapimpi in their squad for Rugby World Cup 2023. Mapimpi fractured his cheek bone in the Springboks' 49-18 win against Tonga on Sunday.
Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: South Africa v Scotland
FIXTURE: South Africa v Scotland. GROUND: Stade de Marseille (67,847) KICK-OFF: 17:45 local time (GMT +2) FIXTURE HISTORY. South Africa and Scotland have played 28 times since their first international, back in 1906. Scotland won that match – on South Africa’s first-ever international tour, on which their Springboks nickname was coined - 6-0.