2000 — Bafana Bafana draw 0-0 with world champions France in a Nelson Mandela Challenge match at Ellis Park. The visitors were unlucky not to win. The linesman who ruled Nicholas Anelka's goal to be legitimate was overruled by referee Jelas Morale.
2001 — Shaun Pollock takes a miserly 2/19 as the Proteas restrict Kenya to 159/7 before beating them by seven wickets in a triangular tournament ODI at Willowmoore Park in Benoni. Jacques Kallis scored 54.
2003 — Jacques Kallis hits 62 and Graeme Smith 51 as the Proteas beat Pakistan by 13 runs on Duckworth/Lewis in Faisalabad. The home side, which had scored 243/8, bowled too slowly and as a result bad light was offered to the batting team after 45 overs. SA, on 221/6, were well ahead of the required 209. The win reduced SA’s deficit in the five-match series to 1-2.
2007 — The Springboks run in five tries to two as they beat Fiji 37-20 in their World Cup quarterfinal in Marseille. Flank Juan Smith, hooker and captain John Smit, wing JP Pietersen, flyhalf Butch James and centre Jaque Fourie dotted down for SA.
2015 — Bryan Habana sores a hat-trick of tries as the Springboks thrash the USA 64-0 in a World Cup group match at the Olympic Stadium in London. Flank Francois Louw scored two of the team’s other seven tries.
2017 — A 10-man Bafana Bafana beat Burkina Faso 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier at FNB Stadium. Percy Tau, Themba Zwane and Sibusiso Vilakazi scored for SA in the first half. Bongani Zungu was red-carded for elbowing the opposition skipper, Charles Kabore, after a scuffle in the 67th minute.
2017 — The Springboks are edged 24-25 by the All Blacks in a Rugby Championship match at Newlands. Both sides scored three tries, but the outcome might have been different had replacement centre Damian de Allende not conceded a late kickable penalty for a late hit that saw him red-carded.
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