List of South Africa national rugby union team records

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).

Team records

Jaque Fourie and Percy Montgomery (in green) playing for South Africa against Samoa.
Greatest winning margin[1]
Points margin (score) Opposing team Venue Year
131 (134–3) Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London 2005
101 (101–0) Italy Kings Park Stadium, Durban 1999
92 (105–13) Namibia Newlands Stadium, Cape Town 2007
87 (87–0) Namibia North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 2011
83 (96–13) Wales Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 1998
Greatest losing margin[2]
Points margin (score) Opposing team Venue Year
50 (3–53) England Twickenham Stadium, London 2002
49 (0–49) Australia Lang Park, Brisbane 2006
42 (15-57) New Zealand Kings Park Stadium,Durban 2016
36 (16–52) New Zealand Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 2003
33 (7–40) New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington 2011

Individual records

Most appearances[3]
Appearances Player Period
127 Victor Matfield 2001–2015
123 Bryan Habana 2004–present
111 John Smit 2000-2011
109 Jean de Villiers 2002-2015
102 Percy Montgomery 1997-2008
Most appearances as captain[4]
Appearances Player Period
83 John Smit 2003–2011
37 Jean de Villiers 2012-2015
36 Gary Teichmann 1996-1999
29 Francois Pienaar 1993-1996
23 Victor Matfield 2007–2015

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Most tries[6]
Tries Player Period
66 Bryan Habana 2004–
38 Joost van der Westhuizen 1993–2003
32 Jaque Fourie 2003–2013
27 Jean de Villiers 2002–2015
26 Breyton Paulse 1997-2007
Most points[7]
Points Player Period
893 Percy Montgomery 1997–2008
736 Morné Steyn 2009–
330 Bryan Habana 2004–present
312 Naas Botha 1980-1992
240 Joel Stransky 1993–1996

Most points in a match[8]
Points Player Opposing team Venue Year
35 Percy Montgomery Namibia Newlands Stadium, Cape Town 2007
34 Jannie de Beer England Stade de France, Saint-Denis 1999
31 Percy Montgomery Wales Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 1998
31 Morné Steyn New Zealand Kings Park Stadium, Durban 2009
30 Tonderai Chavhanga Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London 2005
Hat-tricks[9]
Tries Player Opposing team Venue Year
6 Tonderai Chavhanga Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London 2005
5 Stefan Terblanche Italy Kings Park Stadium, Durban 1999
4 Chester Williams Samoa Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 1995
4 Pieter Rossouw France Parc des Princes, Paris 1997
4 Stefan Terblanche Ireland Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 1998
4 Bryan Habana Samoa Parc des Princes, Paris 2007
4 Jongi Nokwe Australia Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 2008

References

  1. ↑ Statsguru / Ordered by: points difference (descending), Scrum, 28 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Statsguru / Ordered by: points difference (reverse), Scrum, 28 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records (Primary team: South Africa; Ordered by: total matches played". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records (Primary team: South Africa; Ordered by: total matches played as captain)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Springbok Rugby Tests". www.genslin.us. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – Springboks". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – Springboks". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Statsguru / Ordered by: total points scored in a match, Scrum, 28 September 2010.
  9. ↑ Statsguru / Ordered by: total tries scored in a match, Scrum, 28 September 2010.
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