Skirving though was to travel to South Africa to take the place of the injured Peter Buxton in the full England squad for their two test series against the Springboks.
Foley played an active role in organising protests against the Springboks in 1971 as a result of the Apartheid policies in South Africa.
Roberts would team up again with Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, playing Ruben Kruger, a flanker alongside co-star Matt Damon who portrayed team captain Francois Pinnear for the South Africa national team the Springboks that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, in the 2009 film Invictus.
He is a versatile front rower who is capable of playing either at prop or at hooker and has also represented Leinster, the Blue Bulls, Boland Cavaliers, Pumas and the Springboks' Under-21 team.
The following week, the All Blacks, fresh off sweeping the British and Irish Lions, came to Newlands in Cape Town, where they had not lost to the Springboks since 1976.
Sephaka made his international debut for the Springboks on 1 December in 2001 in a match against the United States at Robertson Stadium in Houston.
For the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Morné du Plessis suggested that the Springboks learn all the words of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, and "they did so with great feeling", according to their instructor Anne Munnik.
Only one other test was held there in 2002 (victory for the Springboks against Argentina 49-29).
He played scrum-half during the apartheid era, when the Springboks faced widespread international boycotts as the face of the white minority government, including exclusion from in the first two Rugby World Cup tournaments in 1987 and 1991.
Malan's sole cap came at the age of 30 on 17 September 1949 against the All Blacks at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, a game the Springboks went on to win 11-8 to take the series 4-0.
The drink derives its name from the team jersey colours (green and gold) of the South Africa national rugby union team, which is known as "The Springboks."
The South Africa national cricket team used to be known as The Springboks, but are now referred to as the Proteas
The song is also very popular in South Africa, where it has become an anthem for the South African rugby team, the 'Springboks'.