History of the South Africa national rugby union team on to criticise New Zealand referee Bryce Lawrence for "one-sided" refereeing, claiming that Australian openside David Pocock was allowed to "reduce the breakdown to a farce". Lawrence was dropped from the nine-man elite panel in 2012. Following the World Cup exit, several stalwarts of the 2007 World Cup-winning side and the 2011 squad went on to announce retirements or moves abroad. This included captain John Smit, influential lock pairing Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha, and scrum-half Fourie du Preez. History of the South Africa national rugby union team The History of the South Africa national rugby union team dates back
Johan Steyn (rugby union) Johan Steyn (rugby union) Johannes Hermanus Steyn (born 8 October 1995) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with in the Currie Cup with the . His regular position is at scrum-half. Steyn was born and grew up in Oudtshoorn. His rugby talent was spotted as early as primary school level, when he was included in the Under-13 squad of his local provincial side, the , for the 2008 Craven Week tournament in Paarl. In 2011, he represented SWD at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in Queenstown and he was also included in a World Sport Barbarians team