South African Rugby Union
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"SARU" redirects here. For other uses, see Saru (disambiguation).
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby. It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SACOS), and took up its current name in 2005.
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) (1992; 32 years ago (1992)) |
World Rugby affiliation | 1992 |
Rugby Africa affiliation | 1992 |
Headquarters | Cape Town |
President | Mark Alexander |
Rian Oberholzer (Interim) | |
Men's coach | Rassie Erasmus |
Women's coach | Louis Koen |
Sevens coach | Sandile Ngcobo |
Website | sarugby.co.za |
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SARU organises several national teams, most notably the senior national side, the Springboks.[citation needed]