South African Rugby Captain

He generally plays as a flanker.

South african rugby captain.

Every player to captain the south africa national rugby union team the springboks in a test match is listed here. But for the father of south africa s captain siya. Castens captained south africa on 30 july 1891 in their first ever test against the touring british isles team at crusaders cricket ground in port elizabeth. South africa face england in the rugby world cup final on saturday in japan siya kolisi will captain south africa as they bid to win a third rugby world cup he is the springboks first ever black.

Captains are listed in chronological order of their first match as captain. South africa v wales at yokohama rugby world cup semi final oct 27 2019 south africa v argentina at pretoria aug 17 2019 24 18 ft south africa v australia at johannesburg rugby championship jul 20 2019 35 17 ft. And now the 28 year old flanker has become a hero to all p. The south africa national rugby union team commonly known as the springboks colloquially the boks or bokke and amabokoboko is the country s national team governed by the south african rugby union the springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts and their emblem is the native antelope springbok the team has been representing south africa in international rugby union since.

In 2018 kolisi was appointed captain of the springboks becoming the first black man to hold the position and. South africa players mbongeni mbonambi l tendai mtawarira c and captain siya kolisi celebrate after the rugby world cup 2019 semi final match between wales and south. A rugby world cup final is a special occasion for the family and friends who have supported players careers since their humble beginnings. Rip yusuf moerat 1928 2020 sa rugby president mr mark alexander expressed his condolences to the family of former rugby legend and national representative mr yusuf moerat who passed away in paarl on sunday.