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SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board

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23 Aug 2019
SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board

South Africa enjoyed a clean sweep of the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards in 2004. The awards were held on 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster Hotel. South African flanker, Schalk Burger, was named IRB 'Player of the Year', South African coach Jake White was named 'Coach of the Year' and South Africa won 'Team of the year' after their Tri Nations success. The IRB was founded in 1886, with its headquarters in Dublin. The organization is the international governing and law making body for the Rugby Union.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 23). SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149144

South African History Online (2019) 'SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board ', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149144 (Accessed: 27 August 2026).

South African History Online, SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149144, (accessed 27 August 2026).

"SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board ." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149144. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board ." South African History Online. August 23, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149144.

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