As reported by The South African website, Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch has produced the most Springboks – including Paul Roos himself.
With several Easter Schools Rugby Festivals set to take place around the country in the coming days, it’s the ideal time to list the schools to have educated the most Springboks.
As of the conclusion of last year’s Rugby World Cup in France, 933 players have been capped at Springbok level.
Springbok No 1 was Benjamin Duff back in 1891, while Gerhard Steenekamp is the 933rd and most recent player to have donned the famed green and gold colours of the reigning world champions.
No fewer than 15 schools can count 10 or more Springboks as Old Boys.
| Rank | School | Players |
| 1 | Paul Roos Gymnasium | 54 |
| 2 | Grey College | 46 |
| 3 | Bishops | 42 |
| 4 | SACS | 32 |
| 5 | Paarl Gimnasium | 30 |
| T6 | Kimberley Boys’ High | 23 |
| T6 | Paarl Boys’ High | 23 |
| 8 | Rondebosch | 21 |
| T9 | Grey High School | 17 |
| T9 | Maritzburg College | 17 |
| 11 | Wynberg Boys High | 16 |
| 12 | Dale College | 13 |
| 13 | St Andrew’s (Grahamstown) | 12 |
| T14 | Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool | 11 |
| T14 | Hottentots-Holland | 11 |
Click here for the full list of schools
Paul Roos Gymnasium leads the way with 54 Springboks, four of whom are still active: Willie le Roux, Steven Kitshoff, Herschel Jantjies and Damian Willemse.
But among those 933 Springboks, which SURNAME is most common?
The answer is no ‘Van der Merwe’ joke!
Top 12 most common Springbok surnames:
| Rank | Surname | Number |
| 1 | Van der Merwe | 12 |
| 2 | Du Plessis | 11 |
| T3 | Louw | 10 |
| T3 | Morkel | 10 |
| T5 | Botha | 9 |
| T5 | Du Preez | 9 |
| T5 | Du Toit | 9 |
| T8 | Smith | 8 |
| T8 | Van Zyl | 8 |
| T10 | De Villiers | 7 |
| T10 | Le Roux | 7 |
| T10 | Muller | 7 |
These are the 12 Van der Merwe’s to have represented the Springboks (in alphabetical order):
| Name | Springbok # |
| Akker van der Merwe | 902 |
| Alvi van der Merwe | 221 |
| Bertus van der Merwe | 323 |
| Carel van der Merwe | 703 |
| Fiks van der Merwe | 273 |
| Flip van der Merwe | 818 |
| Flippie van der Merwe | 526 |
| Franco van der Merwe | 846 |
| Heinke van der Merwe | 790 |
| Johann van der Merwe | 433 |
| Marcel van der Merwe | 858 |
| Stompie van der Merwe | 365 |
Does your school feature on the list?
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