South Africa national rugby league team

South Africa

Nickname	Die renosters (The Rhinos)
Governing body	South African Rugby League
Region	Europe
Head coach	Brian Greige Garry Schofield (Technical Director)
Captain	Andre Loader
RLIF ranking	31st
First international
Great Britain 49 – 30 South Africa  (Durban, South Africa; 23 August 1962)
Biggest win
Italy 6 – 42 South Africa  (Venice, Italy; 17 June 2006)
Biggest defeat
Australia 86 – 6 South Africa  (Gateshead, England; 10 October 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first time in 1995)
Best result	Group stage, 1995, 2000

The South Africa national rugby league team are a rugby league football team that represents South Africa. South Africa to date have competed at two Rugby League World Cups in 1995 and 2000 but have failed to win a game in the competition.

Rugby league was originally introduced to South Africa in the 1950s with the staging of several series tournaments within the country that saw fixtures between the English and the French however this concept failed to generate the needed interest and was not upheld. The South Africans would not see further international rugby league until the 1960s where the first national side undertook fixtures against the visiting British and a tour to Australia. From the 1960s onwards the international fixture list for the South Africans would be minimal and it would not be until the early 1990s when they would begin to play with some lasting regularity.

Since they began playing international rugby league South Africa have always found it difficult to compete against the more established nations and so progress and improvement have been slow. Possibly their greatest achievement to date has been the qualification and participation in two World Cups in both 1995 and 2000 where South Africa would unfortunately fail to win a fixture after being seeded in tough groups at both tournaments where they would have to play world champions Australia along with England, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.

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