A host of brothers have played for the Springboks in the past, and here we take a look at the full list of sibling ...

He's big and physical, like Bismarck du Plessis and Malcolm Marx, said former national team scrum coach Matthew Proudfoot.

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Schalk Burger 7.⁠ ⁠Pieter-Steph du Toit Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Os du Randt, 18 Hempies du Toit, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Jan Ellis, 21 Hennie Muller, 22 Joost van der ...

3 John Smit It seems a travesty to exclude Bismarck du Plessis and Mbonambi from this final podium place, but there is also just no way to overlook the most-capped Springbok hooker of all time.