Stats on How much bigger are rugby players getting?

It’s a well known fact that our sons are getting bigger by the day, just how much they’re growing is staggering. Here’s an interesting comparison published in Rugby15.

It’s a comparison between the 1992 Springboks and twenty years on, the 2012 South African Schools Rugby team.

1992 Springbok side that faced the All Blacks in the first Test after readmission. 

#	Springbok	School	Province	Height	Weight
15	Theo van Rensburg	Potchefstoom Gymnasium	N/Tvl	178	78
14	James Small	Greenside	Tvl	182	89
13	Danie Gerber	Despatch	WP	185	88
12	Pieter Muller	Grey College	Natal	190	90
11	Pieter Hendriks	Standerton	Tvl	182	92
10	Naas Botha	Hendrik Verwoerd	N/Tvl	179	78
9	Robert du Preez	THS Potch	Natal	182	85
8	Jannie Breedt	Kempton Park	Tvl	193	101
7	Ian McDonald	HTS Rhodesfield	Tvl	195	112
6	Wahl Bartmann	Florida	Natal	188	105
5	Adolf Malan	Pietersburg	N/Tvl	204	112
4	Adri Geldenhuys	PW Botha, George	N/Tvl	198	108
3	Lood Muller	Voortrekker (PMB)	Natal	182	106
2	Uli Schmidt	Hendrik Verwoerd	Tvl	180	93
1	Heinrich Rodgers	Harrismith	N/Tvl	182	106
	AVERAGE			186.70	96.2

2012 South African Schools side

#	SA Schools	Union	School	Height	Weight
15	Jesse  Kriel	KZN	Maritzburg Coll	185	94
14	Sergeal  Petersen	EP	Grey PE	171	82
13	Sandile  Khubeka	KZN	Kearsney	178	82
12	Rohan  J v Rensburg	Blue Bulls	Waterkloof	186	100
11	Duhan  vd Merwe	SWD	Outeniqua	192	93
10	Handré  Pollard	DHL WP	Paarl Gim	189	96
9	Justin  Phillips	Blue Bulls	Waterkloof	180	74
8	Jano  Venter	Pumas	HTS Middelberg	192	103
7	Jean-Luc  du Preez	KZN	Kearsney	193	105
6	Thabo  Mabuza	Blue Bulls	Centurion	182	88
5	JD  Schickerling	DHL WP	Paarl Gim	203	103
4	Gideon  Koegelenberg	Boland	Hugenote	199	108
3	Dayan  vd Westhuizen	Blue Bulls	Centurion	184	116
2	Malcolm  Marx	Golden Lions	KES	188	109
1	Pierre  Schoeman	Blue Bulls	Affies	184	112
	AVERAGE			187.07	97.67

Forward averages

	Springbok average Height	Springbok average Weight	SA Schools average Height	SA Schools average Weight
Frontrow:	181	305	185	337
Tight Five:	189	525	192	548
Pack Average	190	105.38	191	105.5