South Africa have played at 8 of the 10 Rugby World Cup tournaments, having been unable to compete in the first two tournaments due to a sports boycott during the apartheid era, and have won 50% of tournaments in which they participated.
The Springboks then made history when they beat England in the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan despite losing a pool stage match.
[citation needed] They again made history in 2023 when both finalists lost pool matches.
In addition to this, they are the only rugby team to have won every World Cup final they have played in.
[citation needed] Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:[3]