South African Rugby Captain Francois

He is listed as captain number 12 on the south african rugby union s website.

South african rugby captain francois.

Francois pienaar says springboks 2019 win is bigger than his team s 1995 victory rugby world cup final. 2 felix and morné du plessis are the only father son combination who captained south africa. François was the captain of the south africa rugby union team the springboks. Invictus was released in the united states on december 11 2009.

1 theo pienaar was selected as captain for the tour but never played. The international rugby football. The world cup was the first major sporting event to take place in south africa following the end of apartheid it was also the first world cup in which south africa was allowed to compete. South african rugby team captain francois pienaar r is congratulated by south african president nelson mandela l after south africa won the rugby world cup final against new zealand 24 june.

3 victor matfield returned as captain in june 2014 after jean de villiers was injured. Freeman and damon play the south african president nelson mandela and françois pienaar respectively. He is best known for leading south africa to victory in the 1995 rugby world cup after being dropped from the springbok team in 1996 pienaar went on to a career with. Jacobus francois pienaar born 2 january 1967 is a retired south african rugby union player.

He was named international player of the year in 1994 by rugby world magazine and rugby personality of the year by britain s union writers club. Also a lawyer pienaar in 1995 led the transvaal provincial players in a strike which helped transform rugby from an. Rugby world cup final. Siyamthanda kolisi born 16 june 1991 is a south african professional rugby union player who currently captains the south africa national team and also plays club rugby for the stormers in super rugby and western province in the currie cup.

He generally plays as a flanker. Pienaar debuted as captain in 1993 and held the position for all of his 29 test international matches a south african record. In 2018 kolisi was appointed captain of the springboks becoming the first black man to hold the position and. Francois pienaar captain of the 1995 rugby world cup winners recalls how nelson mandela used sport to heal a nation smithinamerica sun 8 dec 2013 01 00 est first published on sun 8 dec 2013 01.