3 January 1907, just two days after the Cardiff defeat. Despite coming from a bad defeat played in sapping conditions, Paul Roos' team beat the French side 55–6. The Springboks It was during the tour that the South African national rugby union team's nickname, Springboks'', was first used. At an impromptu meeting, the tour manager Cecil Carden, vice-captain Carolin and Paul Roos invented the nickname 'Springbok' to prevent the British press from inventing their own nickname. Roos told the newspaper reporters that they were to call the team 'De Springbokken', the Daily Mail then printed an article referring to the 'Springboks'. The trip helped heal wounds after the Boer War and instilled a sense of national pride in the South Africans. Test history Later life In 1910 he became Rector of the Stellenbosch Boys' High School, formerly Stellenbosch Gymnasium, of which he was a former pupil and teacher. He held this post for thirty years and retired in 1940. In 1941 the name of Stellenbosch Boys' High School was changed to Paul Roos Gymnasium in his honour. He was elected as a National Party member of parliament for Stellenbosch in 1948. He died on 22 September 1948. See also List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 88 Bibliography References South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players 1880 births 1948 deaths Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent Rugby union forwards Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa) South African educational theorists South African sportsperson-politicians National Party (South Africa) politicians Alumni of Paul Roos Gymnasium Rugby union players from the Western Cape Western Province (rugby union) players