Today in SA sports history: October 8
1994 — Legendary coach Kitch Christie goes into his first match with the Springboks, who host Argentina for the first time. They comfortably beat the South Americans 42-22 in Port Elizabeth, with scrumhalf Johan Roux scoring two tries and eighthman Tiaan Strauss, winger Chester Williams and flyhalf Joel Stransky dotting down once each.
2005 — Sibusiso Zuma scores two goals as Bafana Bafana fight from one goal down at half time to draw 2-2 against the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Durban. The result secured SA’s qualification to the 2006 African Nations’ Cup in Egypt.
2006 — Captain Aaron Mokoena heads in the only goal of the match for Bafana Bafana to beat Zambia 1-0 in an African Nations’ Cup qualifier in Lusaka.
2010 — Graeme Smith scores 58 to guide the Proteas to 169/3 for a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first T20 in Bloemfontein.
2016 — New Zealand smash the Springboks 57-15 in a Rugby Championship match in Durban, scoring nine tries without reply. Israel Dagg, TJ Perenara and Beauden Barrett went over twice each in the 42-point massacre that remains SA’s worst margin of defeat on home soil.
2017 — Kagiso Rabada takes 10 wickets in total as the Proteas demolish Bangladesh by an innings and 254 runs in the final second Test in Bloemfontein. Four SA batsmen had scored centuries in their total for 573/4, with Aiden Markram making 143, Faf du Plessis 135 not out, Hashim Amla 132 and Dean Elgar 113. Rabada took 5/33 and 5/30 in the visitors’ two knocks of 147 and 172. SA won the series 2-0.
2019 — Scrumhalf Cobus Reinach scores an 11-minute hat-trick as the Springboks trounce Canada 66-7 in their final World Cup group match in Kobe, Japan. SA ran in 10 tries in total. Reinach broke the previous World Cup record of 25 minutes for a treble held by Australian Chris Latham.
2020 — Luther Singh scores as an understrength Bafana Bafana draw their friendly with Namibia 1-1 in a friendly at the Royal Bafokeng Palace in Phokeng.
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