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 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.

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 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 ...

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).

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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.

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.

South Africa have made just one change to their starting pack to the one that took on New Zealand at Twickenham - Jasper Wiese comes in for Duane Vermeulen at number eight for his fourth start of the year.

Player stats : Steven Kitshoff (South-africa)