Right before the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the Springboks (the national rugby team of South Africa) were caught in an incredible scandal. After this, all senior managers of the rugby team were sacked.

In order to foster teamwork, the managers of the South African rugby team submitted their players to strange physical training.

These very rare photos show some of the things that the Springboks had to go through:

- Cross an ice-cold stream, naked, while hanging to a raft
- Stand in the water, naked, at night, for hours, while singing the national anthem
- Jump fully clothed into the water, from a helicopter, 30 feet high above the water level.

All this happened in a military camp called Kamp Staaldraad ("Camp Barbwire").

For the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the training was less brutal and the team has now made it to the final game (against England).