GREAT SPRINGBOK FLANKERS
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South Africa has never been short of flankers, and the standard of the position has been a constant through every Springbok era — amateur, isolated, and world-champion.
These five overlap across roughly two decades of South African rugby. Some were breakdown specialists, others were pure physical presences, and a couple were both.
Rank five Springbok flankers from best to worst, one at a time.
A relentlessly consistent Springbok loose forward of the late 1990s, known for never taking a backward step.
A 2007 Rugby World Cup winner whose all-round game made him one of the best blindside flankers of his era.
A World Rugby Player of the Year and 2007 World Cup winner, and one of the most physical opensides South Africa has produced.
A World Rugby Player of the Year and a central figure in South Africa's 2019 and 2023 World Cup wins.
A specialist breakdown operator whose work over the ball troubled the best teams in the world, notably against the 2009 Lions.