1964 — The worst run in Springbok history of seven consecutive losses begins against France at the Pam Brink Stadium in Springs as they go down 6-8. Centre Dave Stewart scored a try and kicked a penalty for the Boks. Christian Darrouy dotted down for the French, with flyhalf Pierre Albaladejo slotting the conversion and adding a penalty.
1970 — The Springboks win the series opener against the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld 17-6. Captain and scrumhalf Dawie de Villiers and right wing Syd Nomis scored tries for the home team, with fullback Ian McCallum landing a conversion and two penalties and flyhalf Piet Visagie adding a drop. Bryan Williams scored the only try for New Zealand.
1987 — Matthews Temane runs 33 seconds faster than the world half-marathon record as he wins the SA half-marathon championships in East London. But his 60 min 10.00 sec effort, 46 seconds ahead of runner-up Zithulele Sinqe, didn’t count as a record because the course was not certified as required by international rules.
1998 — The Springboks beat New Zealand 13-3 in a Tri-Nations contest at Athletic Park in Wellington. Pieter Rossouw scored the only try of the match, with fullback Percy Montgomery adding the conversion and kicking two penalties. Substitute Andrew Mehrtens landed a lone penalty for the All Blacks.
2009 — The Springboks beat New Zealand 28-19 in a Tri-Nations match in Bloemfontein, with flyhalf Ruan Pienaar and Jaque Fourie scoring tries. Centre Conrad Smith scored the only try for the All Blacks.
2010 — Rower Kirsty McCann becomes the first South African woman to win a medal at the under-23 world championships, taking bronze in Brest. Home girl Alena Kryvasheyenka won Belarus’s only gold and Atsumi Fukumoto of Japan the silver.
2015 — Chad Ho clinches world championship gold in the 5km open-water swim in Kazan, edging Rob Muffels of Germany to the title. Both men were credited with the same time of 55 min 17.6 sec. Italian Matteo Furlan was third in 55:20.0.
2015 — The All Blacks fight back to beat the Springboks 27-20 in a Rugby Championship contest at Ellis Park. Kiwi captain Richie McCaw scored a late try to give his team a narrow two-point lead. Flyhalf Lima Sopoaga kicked the conversion and a penalty to secure the victory. Fullback Willie le Roux and centre Jesse Kriel scored tries for the Boks.
2015 — For the first time, the Proteas fail to beat Bangladesh in a Test, playing to a draw in a weather-hit contest in Chattogram.
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