South African rugby union captains
Every player to captain the South Africa national rugby union team (Springboks) in a test match is listed here. Captains are listed in chronological order of their first match as captain.
Male
So far there has been 56 captains of the male Springbok team, with H.H. Castens captaining South Africa on 30 July 1891 in their first ever test against the touring British Isles team at Crusaders Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth. John Smit was the last Springbok World Cup winning captain and also holds the record as the most capped captain in international rugby history.
_ | Player | Year first made captain | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | H.H. Castens | 1891 | |
2 | Bob Snedden | 1891 | |
3 | Alf Richards | 1891 | |
4 | Ferdie Aston | 1896 | |
5 | Fairy Heatlie | 1896 | |
6 | Leon du Plessis | 1903 | |
7 | Jackie Powell | 1903 | |
8 | Paddy Carolin | 1906 | |
9 | Paul Roos | 1906 | |
10 | Dougie Morkel | 1910 | |
11 | Billy Millar | 1910 | |
12 | Uncle Dobbin | 1912 | |
13 | T.B Pienaar | 1921 | |
14 | Boy Morkel | 1921 | |
15 | PK Albertyn | 1924 | |
16 | Phil Mostert | 1928 | |
17 | Bennie Osler | 1931 | |
18 | Phil Nel | 1933 | |
19 | Danie Craven | 1937 | |
20 | Felix du Plessis | 1949 | |
21 | Basil Kenyon | 1949 | |
22 | Sergio De Araujo | 1951 | |
23 | Stephen Fry | 1955 | |
24 | Basie Viviers | 1956 | |
25 | Salty du Rand | 1956 | |
26 | Johan Claassen | 1958 | |
27 | Des van Jaarsveldt | 1960 | |
28 | Roy Dryburgh | 1960 | |
29 | Avril Malan | 1960 | |
30 | Armand du Plessis | 1963 | |
31 | Nelie Smith | 1964 | |
32 | Dawie de Villiers | 1965 | |
33 | Corné Coetzee | 1969 | |
34 | Ruhan Strydom | 1970 | |
34 | Hannes Marais | 1971 | |
35 | Piet Greyling | 1972 | |
36 | Morné du Plessis | 1975 | |
37 | Theunis Stofberg | 1980 | |
38 | Wynand Claassen | 1981 | |
39 | Divan Serfontein | 1984 | |
40 | Naas Botha | 1986 | |
41 | Arno van Heerden | 1989 | |
42 | Francois Pienaar | 1993 | |
43 | Tiaan Strauss | 1994 | |
44 | Adriaan Richter | 1995 | |
45 | 46 | Gary Teichmann | 1996 |
47 | Corné Krige | 1999 | |
48 | Rassie Erasmus | 1999 | |
49 | Joost van der Westhuizen | 1999 | |
50 | André Vos | 1999 | |
51 | Bobby Skinstad | 2001 | |
52 | John Smit | 2003 | |
53 | Victor Matfield | 2007 | |
54 | Johann Muller | 2007 | |
55 | Jean de Villiers | 2012 | |
56 | Schalk Burger | 2015 | |
57 | Fourie du Preez | 2015 | |
58 | Adriaan Strauss[1] | 2016 | |
References
- ↑ "Adriaan Strauss named Springbok captain.". 30 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
Francis Myburgh is the first Eastern Province Rugby Captain that also Captained the Springboks - 1896
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