Lions
Former name:Transvaal
SpringboksDate of BirthStartedOnly
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
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.