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South Africa (known as the Springboks) are a Rugby Union National Team that played their first international match in 1891. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
11 June 2005 South Africa : 134–3 Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London: Try: Gürthro Steenkamp, Albert van den Berg 2, Solly Tyibilika 2, Danie Rossouw, Jacques Cronjé, Ricky Januarie, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Bryan Habana 2, Jean de Villiers 2, Marius Joubert, Tonderai Chavhanga 6, Jaque Fourie
South Africa: 2022 Wales tour of South Africa: 39 9 July 2022 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 12–13 Wales: 40 16 July 2022 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town: 30–14 South Africa: 41 19 August 2023 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 16–52 South Africa: 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match: 42 22 June 2024 Twickenham Stadium, London 41–13 South Africa
The two teams were to meet again in November 2004 when South Africa toured the UK and Ireland, playing each of the home nations.In the lead-up to the match, South African coach Jake White provided additional motivation to the Irish team by publicly repeating his statement from earlier in the year that "only three Irish players would be good enough to get onto the South African team".
South Africa: 102 6 August 2022 Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela: 26–10 South Africa: 2022 Rugby Championship: 103 13 August 2022 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 23–35 New Zealand: 104 15 July 2023 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 35–20 New Zealand: 2023 Rugby Championship: 105 25 August 2023 Twickenham Stadium, London (England) 7–35 South Africa
It was the seventh time Wales had toured South Africa in test history. In each of the previous 10 matches contested between the two nations on South African soil – the first of which took place in 1964 – South Africa were the victors. South Africa took the lead in the 2022 test series, beating Wales by 32–29 in Pretoria on 2 July.
South Africa lead the series by 28 wins to 16, with 2 matches drawn. Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906, as part of South Africa's first tour of Europe, with the match ending in a 3–3 draw. The most recent meeting between the two teams was in the 2023 Rugby World Cup , on 21 October 2023, which South Africa won 16–15.
2022 Autumn International: Loss Argentina: Owen Farrell 5th — [58] [59] 12 November Japan: Twickenham Stadium, London 52 13 Win England: 5th — [60] [61] 19 November New Zealand: Twickenham Stadium, London 25 25 Draw draw: 5th Hillary Shield [62] [63] 26 November South Africa: Twickenham Stadium, London 13 27 Loss South Africa: 5th — [64] [65]