GREATEST SPRINGBOK FLY-HALVES
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No position in South African rugby is argued over more than fly-half. The Springbok number 10 is expected to control a Test match, kick the points and take the hits — and every generation has produced someone who did it differently.
Naas Botha ruled the 1980s with a boot that decided matches on its own, but played most of his career while South Africa was isolated from Test rugby. Handré Pollard arrived in the professional era and won two Rugby World Cups. Comparing them fairly is close to impossible, which is exactly why the argument never ends.
Rank five Springbok fly-halves from best to worst — one at a time, without knowing who is coming next.
Bloemfontein-born goal-kicker whose right boot decided two different British & Irish Lions series, in 2009 and again in 2021.
The dominant South African fly-half of the 1980s, a Northern Transvaal icon whose kicking game shaped an entire era of Springbok rugby.
A fly-half who defended like a loose forward. Honiball's tackling and flat attacking line made him one of the most respected 10s of the 1990s.
A two-time Rugby World Cup winner who has repeatedly delivered under the heaviest pressure in knockout rugby.
A gifted runner and long-range kicker whose career was repeatedly interrupted by injury.