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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
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".
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby.It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SACOS), and took up its current name in 2005.
New Zealand (the All Blacks) and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing Test Match Rugby against each other since 1921 when the All Blacks beat the Springboks in Dunedin 13–5. It is argued to be the biggest rivalry in rugby history.
The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour that took place in South Africa in July and August 2021. The British & Irish Lions, a team selected from players eligible to represent England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, played a three-match test series against South Africa, and tour matches against three of South Africa's four United Rugby Championship ...
South Africa: 27 15 November 1997 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 32–36 South Africa: 1997 South Africa tour of Great Britain, France and Italy: 28 22 November 1997 Parc des Princes, Paris 10–52 South Africa: 29 16 June 2001 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 23–32 France: 2001 France tour of South Africa and New Zealand: 30 23 June 2001
They broke South Africa's five-game losing streak by beating the All Blacks 21–20 at Royal Bafokeng Stadium. The All Blacks' defeat by the South Africans was their only loss of the year. The highlight of South Africa's tour to Europe was the 24–15 win over England at Twickenham, after a loss to Ireland and one to England the previous week.