The 30 greatest Springboks of the past 40 years have been chosen, with 27 Rugby World Cup winners making the reduce.
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Sunday newspaper Rapport counted down the greatest gamers to have donned the inexperienced and gold over the final 40 years, with an esteemed panel making the choices.
Ex-Springbok coaches Jake White, Nick Mallett, Peter de Villiers and Carel du Plessis have been joined on the panel by present coaches Deon Davids and Mzwandile Stick.
Former captains Wynand Claasen and Theuns Stofberg have been additionally concerned, together with the Rapport writers.
According to the Planet Rugby website, all three Springbok Rugby World Cup-winning captains made the ultimate 30, with the World Cup class of 2007 offering the most entries.
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1995 World Cup winners
Just two pre-professionalism period Springboks made the high 30 in former flyhalf Naas Botha and centre Danie Gerber.
Outside of that pair, flank Andre Venter was the solely participant who didn’t elevate the Rugby World Cup trophy throughout his profession.
The record consists of seven World Cup winners from 1995, with captain Francois Pienaar coming in at quantity 28.
He is joined on the record by the late Chester Williams and Ruben Kruger.
Lock-turned-No 8 throughout the 1995 event; Mark Andrews, simply missed out on the high 20, whereas fullback Andre Joubert did crack the high 15 coming in at No14.
The ultimate two winners from 1995 characteristic in the high 10 with prop Os du Randt, who additionally received the 2007 World Cup, at quantity 4 and scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen at quantity two.
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2007 Rugby World Cup winners
Du Randt was joined by 12 team-mates who lifted the Webb Ellis Cup in 2007.
Hooker Bismarck du Plessis got here in at twenty ninth place, with centre Jaque Fourie at 26.
Blindside flank Juan Smith simply made the high 20, claiming twentieth place, with Percy Montgomery, Frans Steyn and Jean de Villiers that includes in the mid-teens.
The Springbok workforce of the late 2000s have been famend for his or her highly effective ahead pack, and the high 10 displays their dominance as captain John Smit is joined by Schalk Burger, Bakkies Botha and Victor Matfield, with the quartet all profitable the World Cup and the 2009 British & Irish Lions sequence.
2007 World Player of the Year Bryan Habana took third place, with Fourie du Preez taking high honours on the record.
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2019 Rugby World Cup winners
Like Du Randt, Frans Steyn received the World Cup twice and is joined in the high 30 by eight of his team-mates that received the event in 2019 in Japan.
Wing Cheslin Kolbe was the final identify on the record, simply three locations under hooker Malcolm Marx. Centre Lukhanyo Am additionally options in the 20s, as does captain Siya Kolisi.
Duane Vermeulen, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Tendai Mtawarira characteristic in the teenagers together with Steyn.
Lock Eben Etzebeth is the solely 2019 World Cup winner that made the high 10.
Rapport’s Springbok Top 30
1 Fourie du Preez
2 Joost van der Westhuizen
3 Bryan Habana
4 Os du Randt
5 Victor Matfield
6 Bakkies Botha
7 Schalk Burger
8 John Smit
9 Eben Etzebeth
10 Danie Gerber
11 Tendai Mtawarira
12 Pieter-Steph du Toit
13 Andre Venter
14 Andre Joubert
15 Jean de Villiers
16 Frans Steyn
17 Duane Vermeulen
18 Percy Montgomery
19 Naas Botha
20 Juan Smith
21 Mark Andrews
22 Ruben Kruger
23 Siya Kolisi
24 Chester Williams
25 Lukhanyo Am
26 Jaque Fourie
27 Malcolm Marx
28 Francois Pienaar
29 Bismarck du Plessis
30 Cheslin Kolbe
