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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).
South Africa 60–10 Samoa: Lang Park, Brisbane Try: Joe van Niekerk, Juan Smith, Derick Hougaard, Jorrie Muller, Ashwin Willemse, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Jaque Fourie, Neil de Kock Con: Derick Hougaard 5, Louis Koen 2 Pen: Derick Hougaard Drop: Derick Hougaard: Referee: Chris White
Steve Borthwick’s England were agonisingly beaten by reigning champions South Africa to a spot in the 2023 World Cup final where the All Blacks await
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.
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".
There are tens of thousands of illegal miners in South Africa, with Mr Van Wyk saying they number about 36,000 alone in Gauteng province - the country's economic heartland, where gold was first ...
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 109 runs on the last morning of the second cricket test at St George's Park and swept the series 2-0 on Monday. The odds favored South Africa, which needed five more ...
South Africa have won the majority of games played between the two sides, with 23 victories in the 28 matches. They are also the only team to win an away match between the sides, having won 15 times in Scotland. South Africa have won all seven of their home games. Since South Africa's rugby re-admission in 1992, South Africa has dominated once ...