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South Africa Player Profiles
Heinrich Brussouw (Prop)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 0 |
A product of Grey College in Bloemfontein, the flanker is another in-form player to have made the cut, belatedly at least.
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Deon Carstens (Prop)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 0 |
Deon Carstens is one of four Sharks front rowers in the Springboks squad.
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Tendai Mtawarira (Prop)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 5 |
"The Beast" has become a crowd favourite in South Africa in both the black and white of the Sharks and the green and gold.
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Danie Rossouw (Lock)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 36 | 35 |
Rossouw has a big physical presence and almost always makes an impact when the game is tight and dominated by forwards.
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Juan Smith (Flanker)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 54 | 50 |
The hard working Cheetahs flanker had a massive impact on South Africa's World Cup win.
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Pierre Spies (No 8)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 19 | 20 |
Spies has been a revelation since switching back to number eight from the wing at his Bulls franchise.
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Ryan Kankowski (No 8)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 5 |
As arguably South Africa's stand-out player during the Super 14 in 2007, Kankowski has stepped up even from that level.
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Schalk Burger (No 8)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 49 | 50 |
Are there any more superlatives left to describe the Incredible Schalk?
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Victor Matfield (Lock)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 80 | 25 |
As man of the match in the 2007 World Cup final, Matfield underlined his status as the best lock on the planet.
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Bakkies Botha (Lock)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 55 | 35 |
Botha is the hard man in the Springbok pack, the archetypal enforcer.
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Andries Bekker (Lock)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 13 | 5 |
Bekker followed in the footsteps of dad Hennie by becoming a Springbok in 2008.
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Gurthro Steenkamp (Prop)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 20 | 5 |
When Steenkamp delivered the greatest performance of his career, against the Wallabies at Ellis Park in 2005, the Bok number one jersey seemed to have found a new owner.
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Jannie du Plessis (Prop)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 0 |
Doctor Jannie du Plessis, brother of Bismarck, was performing a Caesarean section when BJ Botha tore knee ligaments against the USA and was ruled out of the 2007 World Cup.
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Bismarck du Plessis (Hooker)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 21 | 25 |
Having spent the most part of his career playing second fiddle to John Smit, Du Plessis made a big impression in 2008.
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John Smit (Hooker)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 81 | 20 |
The few who doubted Smit's leadership abilities were left silent after he led South Africa to World Cup glory in 2007. After being appointed coach, the first moves Peter de Villiers made was to assess Smit's availability as Bok skipper.
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Brian Mujati (Prop)
| Nationality: | South African |
| Team | Apps | Points |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 12 | 0 |
Mujati has delivered solid performances in his first season of Test rugby, and at just 25, he has a big future ahead of him.
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