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South Africa national rugby union team The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerse ...
(the Springboks) in a test match is listed here. Captains are listed in chronological order of their first match as captain. H.H. Castens captained South Africa on 30 July 1891 in their first ever test against the touring
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team at Crusaders Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth.
John Smit John William Smit, OIS, (born 3 April 1978) is a former South African rugby union player and former chief executive officer of the Sharks. He was the 50th captain of the South Africa national team, and led the team to win the 2007 Rugby World C ...
holds the record as the most capped captain in international rugby history.


Notes

1 Theo Pienaar was selected as captain for the tour but never played. He is listed as captain number 13 by the South African Rugby Annual, the official yearbook of the South African Rugby Union.
2 Felix and Morné du Plessis are the only father-son combination who captained South Africa.
3 Victor Matfield returned as captain in June 2014 after
Jean de Villiers Jean de Villiers (born 24 February 1981) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He started his career at wing, but played most of his career as an inside centre. De Villiers previously played for Western Province in the ...
was injured.


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