Portugal would do well to avoid being the latest entry into the record books for shipping a huge score to the Springboks like these poor teams.
The Springboks face Portugal this weekend and fans are expecting a huge win for the hosts in Bloemfontein.Here we look at the five biggest wins by the Springboks in Test rugby history.Wales sent an inexperienced side to tour South Africa in 1998 and undoubtedly paid the price with a huge walloping that at the time was the biggest win by a Springboks side ever.
Ruan Pienaar and Morne Steyn each converted six tries while the latter would also slot a penalty goal.The North Harbour thrashing only just fell short of what the Springboks had done to Namibia in a rare bilateral Test meeting between the neighbours. Two Springbok forwards scored hat-tricks in the same match for the first and only time in South African Test rugby history.
Schalk Burger and Juan Smith each scored three in a display of Springbok power that Namibia wouldn’t soon forget.Just a year on from the dismantling of Wales, a hapless Italy team were also turned into chum in Durban’s shark cage. The Springboks had beaten Italy 74-3 at Boet Erasmus the week before and this match felt like a continuation of that rout. Stefan Terblanche scored five tries which was then the record high for South Africa in a single match.1 131 Uruguay Buffalo City Stadium, East London 2005Tonderai Chavhanga ran in six tries in a dream debut for the Springboks and set a record for both the most tries on debut and the most tries by any Bok in a Test match.
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