1907 — Jimmy Sinclair and Aubrey Faulkner put on 61 for the opening partnership before South Africa suffer a scare as they lose three wickets for 15 runs on the final day of the third Test against England at the Oval. But Bert Vogler (19) and Tip Snooke (36) steadied the ship as the visitors reached stumps on 159/5 to draw the match. England won the series 1-0.
1965 — The Springboks suffer a double whammy as they go down in their worst defeat (0-13) to the All Blacks in Dunedin, conceding three tries to endure their seventh consecutive defeat — their longest losing stretch in history. Lionel Wilson gave a solitary stand-out performance for South Africa at full-back, taking on the rampant Kiwis single-handedly in a display that earned him a standing ovation at Carisbrook.
1973 — Pierre Fourie is outpointed over 15 rounds by world light-heavyweight champion Bob Foster in Albuquerque, Texas. Foster, one of the greats of the division, had been taken the distance only once before.
1993 — The Springboks win the try-count 2-1 but they lose the final third Test against Australia in Sydney 12-19. Captain Francois Pienaar and wing James Small dotted down for South Africa, but home team full-back Marty Roebuck slotted four penalties and a conversion to seal the three-match series 2-1.
1994 — England beat South Africa by eight wickets to win the final third Test at the Oval and share the series 1-1.
2002 — Mark Boucher and Boete Dippenaar are the only batters to deliver as the Proteas lose to Sri Lanka by 27 runs in the triangular final in Tangier. Pakistan, was the third team in the tournament. Sanath Jayasuriya scored a run-a-ball 71 to lift Sri Lanka to 235/7. Boucher hit 70 off 65 balls and Dippenaar made a patient 53, but Jacques Kallis was the only other SA batsman to get into the twenties.
2003 — Gary Kirsten scores an unbeaten 109 on the first day of the four Test against England in Leeds. He added 21 runs the following day.
2004 — The Springboks claim their second Tri-Nations title as they beat Australia 23-19 in Durban. The visitors won the try count 3-2 — lock Victor Matfield and eighthman Joe van Niekerk going over for the home side — but Percy Montgomery converted both and landed three penalties to ensure the victory.
2004 — Donovan Cech and Ramon Di Clemente become the first South Africans to win a rowing medal at an Olympics as they take bronze at the Athens Games. Finalists four years earlier, the two won world championship medals in 2001, 2002 and 2003 before making the Olympic podium. They rowed together until a few months short of the 2008 Olympics, with Cech being dropped for Shaun Keeling, a future Olympic medallist.2004
2004 — The Springboks claim their second Tri Nations trophy as they beat Australia 23-19 at Kings Park in Durban. The visitors won the try count 3-2, but Percy Montgomery made the difference with his boot, landing both conversions and three penalties.
2010 — The Springboks play a Test in Soweto for the first time, but they lose to the All Blacks 22-29 at the old Soccer City [FNB stadium]. The hosts were leading 22-17 with four minutes to go, but New Zealand flanker Richie McCaw scored an unconverted try to even matters, and then substitute Israel Dagg dotted down to snatch the late victory.
2014 — Quinton de Kock scores 84 off 75 balls to help South Africa to a convincing seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the final third ODI in Bulawayo to take the three-match series 3-0. All six of SA’s bowlers took wickets as they dismissed the home side for 165.
2021 — Makazole Mapimpi and Malcolm Marx score tries as the Springboks beat Argentina 29-10 in a Rugby Championship match at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium.
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