South Africa national rugby union team

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national rugby union team

The South Africa national rugby union team, known as the Springboks, is one of the world’s most successful and historically significant rugby sides, renowned for its physical style of play and multiple Rugby World Cup titles.

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Label Occurrences
South Africa national rugby union team canonical 74
Springboks 22
Blitzboks 2

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national rugby union team ⓘ
anthem Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ⓘ
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (part) ⓘ
surface form: Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika
competesIn The Rugby Championship ⓘ
surface form: Rugby Championship
confederation World Rugby ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
emblem Protea flower ⓘ
springbok antelope ⓘ
featuredIn Invictus ⓘ
surface form: film "Invictus"
firstTestOpponent British Isles rugby union team ⓘ
firstTestYear 1891 ⓘ
formerCompetition Tri Nations ⓘ
governingBody South African Rugby Union ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of apartheid-era segregation ⓘ
symbol of post-apartheid national unity ⓘ
homeContinent Africa ⓘ
homeStadium Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ
surface form: FNB Stadium

Kings Park Stadium ⓘ
Loftus Versfeld Stadium ⓘ
Newlands Stadium ⓘ
nickname Boks ⓘ
South Africa national rugby union team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Springboks
notableCaptain Francois Pienaar ⓘ
John Smit ⓘ
Siya Kolisi ⓘ
notableCoach Heyneke Meyer ⓘ
Jacques Nienaber ⓘ
Jake White ⓘ
Kitch Christie ⓘ
Rassie Erasmus ⓘ
notablePlayer Bryan Habana ⓘ
Chester Williams ⓘ
Faf de Klerk ⓘ
Handré Pollard ⓘ
Joost van der Westhuizen ⓘ
Schalk Willem Burger ⓘ
surface form: Schalk Burger

Victor Matfield ⓘ
regionalAssociation Rugby Africa ⓘ
sharedMostWorldCupTitlesWith New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ
sport rugby union ⓘ
styleOfPlay forward-dominated ⓘ
physical ⓘ
teamColors gold collar ⓘ
green jersey ⓘ
green socks ⓘ
white shorts ⓘ
traditionalRival Australia national rugby union team ⓘ
British & Irish Lions ⓘ
surface form: British and Irish Lions

England national rugby union team ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ
wonRugbyWorldCup 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
2007 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
2019 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
2023 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
worldCupTitles 4 ⓘ
worldRugbyRanking frequently ranked number 1 ⓘ
worldRugbyTrigramme RSA ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

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All Blacks → traditionalRival → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
1995 Rugby World Cup → winner → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
1995 Rugby World Cup → featuredTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Invictus → portrays → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
2011 Rugby World Cup → defendingChampion → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
England national rugby union team → globalRival → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
2015 Rugby World Cup → thirdPlace → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Australia national rugby union team → competesAgainstRegularly → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
South African Airways → callsign → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPRINGBOK
British Isles rugby union team → primaryOpponents → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
British Isles rugby union team → notableRivalry → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Africa Springboks
The Rugby Championship → involvesTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
The Rugby Championship → hasParticipant → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springboks
Freedom Cup → teamContestedBy → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Freedom Cup → teamContestedBy → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springboks
Freedom Cup → firstContestedBetween → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
South Africa national rugby union team → nickname → South Africa national rugby union team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springboks
Rugby World Cup → mostSuccessfulTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
1999 Rugby World Cup → thirdPlace → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Rugby World Cup 2007 matches → featuredTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Rugby World Cup 2007 matches → finalWinner → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Francois Pienaar → playedFor → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Francois Pienaar → captained → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Francois Pienaar → teamLedToWorldCupWin → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Francois Pienaar → nickNameOfTeamCaptained → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springboks
Kitch Christie → coachOf → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Kitch Christie → teamNickNameCoached → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springboks
Free State Cheetahs rugby team → hasProducedPlayersFor → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
subject surface form: Free State Cheetahs
Newlands Stadium → usedByNationalTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Loftus Versfeld Park → usedBy → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Joel Stransky → memberOfSportsTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby sevens team → notableRival → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Africa national rugby sevens team
Cecil Afrika → teamNickName → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blitzboks
New Zealand national rugby union team → rival → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
2007 Rugby World Cup → champion → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Autumn internationals → includesTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Eddie Jones → coachedTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Africa national rugby union team (assistant coach)
Mandela Challenge Plate → countryContestedBy → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Mandela Challenge Plate → firstContestedBetween → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
Mandela Challenge Plate → hasParticipant → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springboks
Argentina national rugby union team → regularOpponent → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
British & Irish Lions → typicalOpponents → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
British & Irish Lions → notableRivalry → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Africa Springboks
Pool B → hasTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
subject surface form: Pool B (2015 Rugby World Cup)
Pool B → winner → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
subject surface form: Pool B (2015 Rugby World Cup)
Pool B → advancedToQuarterFinals → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
subject surface form: Pool B (2015 Rugby World Cup)
2019 Rugby World Cup → champion → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
John Smit → memberOfSportsTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
John Smit → captainOf → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
John Smit → playsForNationalTeam → South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ