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Springboks
Date of Birth
Started
Only
Tiger Devenish
27 May 1867
X
X
Japie Louw
30 Aug 1867
X
X
Chubb Vigne
23 Dec 1868
X
X
Ben Andrew
15 May 1870
X
X
Alf Larard
30 Dec 1870
X
X
Toski Smith
9 Apr 1871
Long George Devenish
11 May 1871
X
X
Ferdie Aston
18 Sep 1871
X
X
Henry Gorton
28 Oct 1871
X
X
Paul Scott
26 Oct 1872
X
X
Spanner Forbes
2 Jan 1873
X
X
Jim Crosby
3 Jul 1873
X
X
Willie McEwan
24 Oct 1875
X
X
Jimmy Sinclair
16 Oct 1876
X
X
PO Nel
17 Apr 1877
X
X
Davey Cope
14 Aug 1877
X
X
Alex Frew
24 Oct 1877
X
X
Hugh Ferris
6 Dec 1877
X
X
Birdie Partridge
13 Jun 1879
X
X
Sommie Morkel
26 Sep 1879
X
X
Charlie Jones
24 Mar 1880
X
X
Andrew Morkel
4 Aug 1882
X
X
Nic Crosby
21 Aug 1883
X
X
Henry Walker
22 Feb 1884
X
X
Boy Morkel
2 Jan 1885
Dietlof Maré
2 Jul 1885
X
X
Dougie Morkel
26 Oct 1885
X
X
Saturday Knight
16 Dec 1885
X
X
Cliff Riordan
24 Dec 1885
X
X
Cocky Hahn
7 Jan 1886
X
X
Baby Shum
17 Aug 1886
X
X
Jan Stegmann
21 Jun 1887
X
X
Joe Francis
24 Jan 1889
X
X
Dirkie de Villiers
20 Jul 1889
X
X
Toby Moll
20 Jul 1890
X
X
Baby Michau
14 Aug 1890
X
X
Mervyn Ellis
16 Oct 1892
X
X
Tank van Rooyen
9 Dec 1892
X
X
Theuns Kruger
17 Jun 1896
X
X
John Oliver
17 May 1897
X
X
Attie van Heerden
10 Mar 1898
X
X
Jack van Druten
12 Jun 1898
X
X
Nico Bosman
16 Oct 1902
X
X
Bert Kipling
24 Dec 1903
Paul Visser
25 Dec 1903
X
X
Dauncey Devine
20 Mar 1904
X
X
George Daneel
29 Aug 1904
Joe Nijkamp
16 Oct 1904
X
X
Nick Pretorius
10 Dec 1904
X
X
John Dobie
4 Aug 1905
X
X
Manie Geere
9 Sep 1905
X
X
Boet Prinsloo
14 Oct 1905
X
X
Ginger Clark
22 Sep 1906
X
X
Ferdie Bergh
2 Nov 1906
Lukas Strachan
12 Sep 1907
X
Fred Smollan
20 Aug 1908
X
X
Floors Venter
13 Apr 1909
X
X
Fanie Louw
16 Sep 1909
Nic Bierman
13 Feb 1910
X
X
Kalfie Martin
10 Jun 1910
X
X
Jan Lotz
26 Aug 1910
X
X
Freddy Turner
18 Mar 1914
Tony Harris
27 Aug 1916
X
X
Hoppie van Jaarsveld
21 Feb 1917
X
X
Piet Malan
13 Feb 1919
X
X
Felix du Plessis
24 Nov 1919
X
X
Okey Geffin
28 May 1921
X
X
Hennie Muller
26 Mar 1922
X
X
Basie van Wijk
5 Nov 1923
X
X
Des Sinclair
14 Jul 1924
X
X
Hansie Oelofse
16 Dec 1926
X
X
Natie Rens
19 Jul 1929
X
X
Johnny Buchler
7 Apr 1930
X
X
Paul Johnstone
30 Jun 1930
Mannetjies Gericke
8 Jun 1933
X
X
Clive Ulyate
11 Dec 1933
X
X
Joe Kaminer
25 Jan 1934
X
X
Martin Pelser
23 Mar 1934
X
X
Wilf Rosenberg
18 Jun 1934
X
X
Jeremy Nel
21 Sep 1934
Jan Prinsloo
28 Jan 1935
X
X
Fanie Kuhn
12 Jun 1935
X
X
Lofty Nel
11 Aug 1935
X
Johan Steenekamp
2 Sep 1935
X
X
Piet Botha
13 Sep 1935
X
X
Mickey Gerber
12 Oct 1935
Abie Malan
18 Nov 1935
Hennie van Zyl
31 Jan 1936
X
X
Avril Malan
9 Apr 1937
X
X
Martiens Louw
20 Apr 1938
X
X
Sakkie de Klerk
28 Oct 1938
X
X
Dawie de Villiers
10 Jul 1940
Syd Nomis
15 Nov 1941
X
X
Robbie Barnard
26 Nov 1941
X
X
Jan Ellis
5 Jan 1942
Piet Greyling
16 May 1942
Sakkie Sauermann
16 Nov 1944
X
X
Jannie Barnard
29 Jan 1945
X
X
Richard Prentis
27 Feb 1947
X
X
Klippies Kritzinger
1 Mar 1948
X
Gert Muller
10 May 1948
Peter Cronjé
21 Sep 1948
X
X
Paul Bayvel
28 Mar 1949
X
X
Gerald Bosch
12 May 1949
X
X
Gerrie Germishuys
29 Oct 1949
Kevin de Klerk
6 Jun 1950
X
X
Dave Frederickson
17 Aug 1950
X
X
Moaner van Heerden
18 Jul 1951
Johan Strauss
27 Sep 1951
X
X
Ockie Oosthuizen
1 Apr 1955
Chris Rogers
10 Oct 1956
X
X
Ray Mordt
15 Feb 1957
Deon Lotter
10 Nov 1957
X
X
Piet Kruger
11 Apr 1958
X
X
Jannie Breedt
4 Jun 1959
X
X
Uli Schmidt
10 Jul 1961
Johan le Roux
15 Nov 1961
X
X
Heinrich Rodgers
23 Jun 1962
Wahl Bartmann
13 Jun 1963
X
Rudolph Straeuli
20 Aug 1963
X
X
Garth Wright
9 Sep 1963
Kobus Wiese
16 May 1964
X
X
Balie Swart
18 May 1964
X
X
Hannes Strydom
13 Jul 1965
X
X
Gavin Johnson
17 Oct 1966
X
X
Francois Pienaar
2 Jan 1967
X
X
Hennie le Roux
10 Jul 1967
X
X
Theo Jansen van Rensburg
26 Aug 1967
X
X
Willie Meyer
6 Nov 1967
Ian MacDonald
22 Feb 1968
X
X
James Small
10 Feb 1969
X
Johan Roux
25 Feb 1969
X
X
Chris Rossouw
14 Sep 1969
X
X
Phillip Schutte
7 Oct 1969
X
X
Japie Mulder
18 Oct 1969
X
X
Pieter Hendriks
13 Apr 1970
X
X
Johan Ackermann
3 Jun 1970
Chester Williams
8 Aug 1970
Christiaan Scholtz
22 Oct 1970
X
X
Heinrich Füls
8 Mar 1971
X
X
Warren Brosnihan
28 Dec 1971
X
James Dalton
16 Aug 1972
X
Rassie Erasmus
5 Nov 1972
Werner Swanepoel
15 Apr 1973
André Vos
9 Jan 1975
X
X
Thinus Delport
2 Feb 1975
X
Delarey du Preez
12 Jun 1975
X
X
Louis Koen
7 Jul 1975
X
X
Faan Rautenbach
22 Feb 1976
Jannes Labuschagne
16 Apr 1976
X
X
Grant Esterhuizen
28 Apr 1976
X
X
Bobby Skinstad
3 Jul 1976
Dean Hall
2 Sep 1977
X
X
Lawrence Sephaka
8 Aug 1978
X
X
Wayne Julies
23 Oct 1978
André Pretorius
29 Dec 1978
X
X
Butch James
8 Jan 1979
Wikus van Heerden
25 Feb 1979
X
Gcobani Bobo
12 Sep 1979
X
Jaco Pretorius
10 Dec 1979
X
X
Conrad Jantjes
24 Mar 1980
X
Joe van Niekerk
14 May 1980
X
CJ van der Linde
27 Aug 1980
Jorrie Muller
3 Jan 1981
X
X
Ashwin Willemse
8 Sep 1981
X
X
Enrico Januarie
1 Feb 1982
X
Jacques Cronjé
4 Aug 1982
Jaque Fourie
4 Mar 1983
X
Franco van der Merwe
15 Mar 1983
X
X
Bryan Habana
12 Jun 1983
X
Heinke van der Merwe
3 May 1985
X
Pat Cilliers
3 Mar 1987
X
Warren Whiteley
18 Sep 1987
X
Lionel Mapoe
13 Jul 1988
X
Marnitz Boshoff
11 Jan 1989
X
X
Ross Cronjé
26 Jul 1989
X
X
Jaco Kriel
21 Aug 1989
X
X
Julian Redelinghuys
11 Sep 1989
X
X
Andries Coetzee
1 Mar 1990
X
X
Ruan Combrinck
10 May 1990
X
X
Elton Jantjies
1 Aug 1990
X
Ruan Dreyer
16 Sep 1990
X
X
Franco Mostert
27 Nov 1990
X
Jaco Taute
21 Mar 1991
X
X
Courtnall Skosan
24 Jul 1991
X
X
Faf de Klerk
19 Oct 1991
X
Marvin Orie
15 Feb 1993
X
Kwagga Smith
11 Jun 1993
X
Malcolm Marx
13 Jul 1994
X
Aphiwe Dyantyi
26 Aug 1994
X
X
Rohan Janse van Rensburg
11 Sep 1994
X
X
Edwill van der Merwe
12 Apr 1996
X
X
Morné van den Berg
24 Oct 1997
X
X
Quan Horn
27 Jun 2001
X
X
Jordan Hendrikse
28 Jun 2001
X
X
Ruan Venter
29 Nov 2002
X
X
The column "Started" denotes players who started their test career with the province.
The column "Only" denotes players who only played for the province during their test career.