England vs South Africa
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End of Year Internationals
Match scheduled:27-11-2010 from 15:30 until 17:30(CET)
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Introducing Springboks Rugby
The South African national rugby union team (the Springboks) are the current holders of the Rugby World Cup and 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners.[1]. They are currently ranked as the third best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.
Although South Africa was instrumental in the creation of the Rugby World Cup competition, the Springboks did not compete in the first two World Cups in 1987 and 1991 because of anti-apartheid sporting boycotts of South Africa. The team made its World Cup debut in 1995, when the newly democratic South Africa hosted the tournament. The Springboks then defeated the All Blacks 15-12 in the final, which is now remembered as one of the greatest moments in South Africa’s sporting history, and a watershed moment in the post-Apartheid nation-building process. South Africa regained their title as champions 12 years later, when they defeated England 15–6 in the 2007 final. As a result of the 2007 World Cup tournament the Springboks were promoted to first place in the IRB World Rankings; a position they held until July the following year when New Zealand regained the top spot.
Union : South African Rugby Union
Nickname(s) : Springboks, Springbokke, Boks, Bokke, Amabokoboko
Emblem(s) : the Springbok and the Protea
Coach(es) : South Africa Peter de Villiers
Captain(s) : Victor Matfield (for John Smit)
Most caps : Victor Matfield (104)
Top scorer : Percy Montgomery (893)
Most tries : Joost van der Westhuizen (38)
Bryan Habana (38)
Current squad : Bismarck du Plessis,Bandise Maku,Adriaan Strauss,Jannie du Plessis,Tendai Mtawarira,Coenie Oosthuizen,CJ van der Linde,Bakkies Botha,Alistair Hargreaves,Victor Matfield (c),Flip van der Merwe,Willem Alberts,Keegan Daniel,Juan Smith (vc),Deon Stegmann,Ryan Kankowski, Pierre Spies,Francois Hougaard,Charl McLeod,Ruan Pienaar,Elton Jantjies,Patrick Lambie,Morne Steyn,Jean de Villiers,Adrian Jacobs,François Steyn,Gio Aplon,Lwazi Mvovo,Odwa Ndungane,Zane Kirchner
