A total of 19 players of the current Springbok squad were born in the Western Cape, more than the Eastern Cape and Gauteng combined.

Included in this contingent of players are Paarl’s Kurt-Lee Arendse, Canan Moodie, Salmaan Moerat and Grant Williams as well as Cape Town’s Eben Etzebeth, Damian de Allende, Jesse Kriel and Marvin Orie.

Eight current Springboks come from the Eastern Cape, including Elton Jantjies, captain Siya Kolisi and veteran Frans Steyn, who was born in Aliwal North.

A further eight Boks were born in Gauteng: Marco van Staden, Rynhardt Elstadt, Deon Fourie, Elrigh Louw, Ruan Nortje, Lood de Jager, Malcolm Marx and Joseph Dweba.

Mpumalanga has contributed five Springboks, including Duane Vermeulen and Faf de Klerk.

Four Springboks were born in the Free State: Franco Mostert, Ox Nche, Cobus Reinach and Bongi Mbonambi.

KwaZulu-Natal was the birthplace of two current Springboks: Ntuthuko Mchunu and Vincent Koch.

A further two Springboks, Marcell Coetzee and Andre Esterhuizen, were born in the North-West capital of Potchefstroom, while Jasper Wiese is the only Springbok born in the Northern Cape.

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