User:Axxter99/South African national sports team nicknames
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In South Africa, the national representative team of many sports has a nickname, used informally when referring to the team in the media or in conversation.
History
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Table
[edit]Sport | Team (link to team / event) | Nickname (link for origin) | Name sponsor |
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Rugby union | Men's test | Springboks Bokke Amabokoboko |
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Under-20 side | Baby Boks Junior Boks |
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Men's Sevens | Blitzboks Blitzbokke | ||
Soccer | Men's test | Bafana Bafana | |
Women's | Banyana Banyana | ||
Olympic men's | Amaglug-glug | ||
Under-20 (men) | Amajita | ||
Under-20 (women) | Amajimbos | ||
Cricket | National team | Proteas | |
Women's | Proteas | ||
Water polo | National team | Black Mamba | |
Field hockey | Men's team | AmaStokkie | |
Indoor hockey | Men's team | BlitzStoke[1][2] | |
Netball | Women's test | SPAR Proteas | SPAR |
Paralympics | Paralympics | Amakrokokroko[3] |
See also
[edit]- Athletic nickname, in the United States
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
- Sport in New Zealand#National team names
- Australian national sports team nicknames
References
[edit]- ^ "Mustapha magic as BlitzStoks triumph". SuperSport.
- ^ Taylor, Compiled by Craig. "Mustapha's magic wand sinks Argentina". Sport News24.
- ^ Mccallum, Kevin. "SA's Amakrokokroko hit by name controversy". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
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