 Paul Roos Gymnasium has produced more Springbok rugby players than any other school (54).It is also the school with the most players in the 2019 Rugby World Cup including 5 Springboks namely Schalk Brits, Willie le Roux, Steven Kitshoff, Herschel Jantjies, Damian Willemse and Braam Steyn who played for Italy.In 1910 the school was renamed Stellenbosch Boys' High School and old boy Paul Roos became the sixth rector of the school where he served for thirty years.