Hypothetical rugby trophy
Awarded for | Rugby Union Challenge Trophy |
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History | |
First award | 1871 |
Final award | 2024 |
Most recent | Ireland |
Website | www |
The Raeburn Shield is an unofficial rugby union trophy. The concept is that it is a Title Holders Shield, similar to a Boxing World Title or the Ranfurly Shield in New Zealand. The trophy is named after Raeburn Place the site of the first ever international between England and Scotland, on 27 March 1871. The women's rugby union version is the Utrecht Shield.
The proposed advantages are:
- As it would be decided on a single game, there would be increased chances of producing a Title Holder from a non Top Tier nation, giving more chance for an underdog to win a title. For example, Romania has held the title despite never reaching the Rugby World Cup knockout stages.
- Title games would become more interesting, as the title holder would have something to play for, and the underdog would have extra motivation to lift their game. For example, Munster still are proud about beating the All Blacks in 1978, even after winning the Heineken cup multiple times.
- These Title games would occur much more frequently than the World Cup. For example, in 1999 Rugby World Cup, the sequence of Raeburn Shield holders was Wales, Samoa, Scotland, New Zealand, France, Australia. However, after the World Cup, the Raeburn Shield was quickly challenged. In 2000 Australia defended the shield 4 times, before yielding it to NZ in July. NZ defended it 2 times before yielding it to England who defended it 10 times before yielding it to Ireland, who then yielded it to Japan.
List of shield holders
Match | Defender | Score | Challenger | Date | SD | Tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | England | 0Gβ1G | Scotland | 27β03β1871 | β | β |
2 | Scotland | 1Gβ2G | England | 05β02β1872 | 0 | 315d (10m9d) |
3 | England | 0Gβ1G | Scotland | 05β03β1877 | 4 | 1855d (5y1m0d) |
4 | Scotland | 1Gβ2G | England | 28β02β1880 | 2 | 1090d (2y11m23d) |
5 | England | 0Gβ0G(2T) | Scotland | 04β03β1882 | 1 | 735d (2y0m4d) |
6 | Scotland | (1T)0Gβ0G(2T) | England | 03β03β1883 | 0 | 364d (11m27d) |
7 | England | 0Gβ2G | Ireland | 05β02β1887 | 9 | 1435d (3y11m2d) |
8 | Ireland | 0β2G | Scotland | 19β02β1887 | 0 | 14d |
9 | Scotland | 0β0G(1T) | Wales | 04β02β1888 | 1 | 350 (11m16d) |
10 | Wales | 0β2G | Ireland | 03β03β1888 | 0 | 28d |
11 | Ireland | 0β1G | Scotland | 10β03β1888 | 0 | 7d |
12 | Scotland | 0β6 | England | 01β03β1890 | 4 | 721d (1y11m19d) |
13 | England | 3β9 | Scotland | 07β03β1891 | 3 | 371d (1y0m6d) |
14 | Scotland | 0β5 | England | 05β03β1892 | 2 | 364d (11m27d) |
15 | England | 11β12 | Wales | 07β01β1893 | 0 | 308d (10m2d) |
16 | Wales | 3β24 | England | 06β01β1894 | 2 | 364 (11m30d) |
17 | England | 5β7 | Ireland | 03β02β1894 | 0 | 28d |
18 | Ireland | 3β6 | England | 02β02β1895 | 2 | 364 (11m30d) |
19 | England | 3β6 | Scotland | 09β03β1895 | 0 | 35d (1m7d) |
20 | Scotland | 0β6 | Wales | 25β01β1896 | 0 | 322d (10m16d) |
21 | Wales | 4β8 | Ireland | 14β03β1896 | 0 | 49d (1m18d) |
22 | Ireland | 3β8 | Scotland | 20β02β1897 | 1 | 343d (11m6d) |
23 | Scotland | 3β12 | England | 13β03β1897 | 0 | 21d |
24 | England | 6β9 | Ireland | 05β02β1898 | 0 | 329d (10m23d) |
25 | Ireland | 0β8 | Scotland | 19β02β1898 | 0 | 14d |
26 | Scotland | 3β9 | Ireland | 18β02β1899 | 1 | 364d (11m30d) |
27 | Ireland | 4β15 | England | 03β02β1900 | 1 | 350d (11m16d) |
28 | England | 0β13 | Wales | 5β01β1901 | 1 | 336 (11m2d) |
29 | Wales | 8β18 | Scotland | 09β02β1901 | 0 | 35d (1m4d) |
30 | Scotland | 5β14 | Wales | 01β02β1902 | 2 | 357d (11m23d) |
31 | Wales | 0β6 | Scotland | 07β02β1903 | 2 | 371d (1y0m6d) |
32 | Scotland | 3β21 | Wales | 06β02β1904 | 2 | 364d (11m30d) |
33 | Wales | 12β14 | Ireland | 12β03β1904 | 0 | 35d (1m6d) |
34 | Ireland | 3β10 | Wales | 11β03β1905 | 2 | 364d (11m27d) |
35 | Wales | 6β11 | Ireland | 10β03β1906 | 3 | 364d (11m27d) |
36 | Ireland | 12β15 | South Africa | 24β11β1906 | 0 | 259 (8m14d) |
37 | South Africa | 5β13 | New Zealand | 13β08β1921 | 7 | 5376 (14y8m20d) |
38 | New Zealand | 5β9 | South Africa | 27β08β1921 | 0 | 14d |
39 | South Africa | 6β7 | New Zealand | 21β07β1928 | 2 | 2520d (6y10m24d) |
40 | New Zealand | 6β11 | South Africa | 18β08β1928 | 0 | 28d |
41 | South Africa | 5β13 | New Zealand | 01β09β1928 | 0 | 14d |
42 | New Zealand | 8β9 | Australia | 06β07β1929 | 0 | 308d (10m5d) |
43 | Australia | 13β20 | New Zealand | 12β09β1931 | 2 | 798d (2y2m6d) |
44 | New Zealand | 17β22 | Australia | 02β07β1932 | 0 | 294d (9m20d) |
45 | Australia | 3β21 | New Zealand | 16β07β1932 | 0 | 14d |
46 | New Zealand | 11β25 | Australia | 11β08β1934 | 1 | 756d (2y0m26d) |
47 | Australia | 6β11 | New Zealand | 05β09β1936 | 1 | 756d (2y0m25d) |
48 | New Zealand | 6β13 | South Africa | 04β09β1937 | 2 | 364 (11m30d) |
49 | South Africa | 14β18 | Australia | 05β09β1953 | 11 | 5845d (16y0m1d) |
50 | Australia | 8β18 | South Africa | 19β09β1953 | 0 | 14d |
51 | South Africa | 6β10 | New Zealand | 14β07β1956 | 3 | 1029d (2y9m25d) |
52 | New Zealand | 3β8 | South Africa | 04β08β1956 | 0 | 21d |
53 | South Africa | 10β17 | New Zealand | 18β08β1956 | 0 | 14d |
54 | New Zealand | 3β6 | Australia | 06β09β1958 | 4 | 749d (2y0m19d) |
55 | Australia | 8β17 | New Zealand | 20β09β1958 | 0 | 14d |
56 | New Zealand | 0β13 | South Africa | 25β06β1960 | 0 | 644d (1y9m5d) |
57 | South Africa | 3β11 | New Zealand | 23β07β1960 | 0 | 28d |
58 | New Zealand | 3β8 | South Africa | 27β08β1960 | 1 | 35d (1m4d) |
59 | South Africa | 5β9 | Australia | 10β08β1963 | 9 | 1078d (2y11m14d) |
60 | Australia | 6β22 | South Africa | 07β09β1963 | 1 | 28d |
61 | South Africa | 6β8 | France | 25β07β1964 | 1 | 322d (10m18d) |
62 | France | 6β9 | England | 27β02β1965 | 4 | 217d (7m2d) |
63 | England | 6β11 | Wales | 15β01β1966 | 1 | 312 (10m9d) |
64 | Wales | 6β9 | Ireland | 12β03β1966 | 1 | 66d (2m7d) |
65 | Ireland | 3β8 | England | 11β02β1967 | 1 | 336d (10m30d) |
66 | England | 12β16 | France | 25β02β1967 | 0 | 14d |
67 | France | 3β26 | South Africa | 15β07β1967 | 1 | 140d (4m20d) |
68 | South Africa | 14β19 | France | 29β07β1967 | 1 | 14d |
69 | France | 15β21 | New Zealand | 25β11β1967 | 1 | 119d (3m27d) |
70 | New Zealand | 6β17 | South Africa | 25β07β1970 | 8 | 973d (2y8m0d) |
71 | South Africa | 8β9 | New Zealand | 08β08β1970 | 0 | 14d |
72 | New Zealand | 3β14 | South Africa | 29β08β1970 | 0 | 21d |
73 | South Africa | 9β18 | England | 03β06β1972 | 6 | 644d (1y9m5d) |
74 | England | 0β9 | New Zealand | 06β01β1973 | 0 | 217d (7m3d) |
75 | New Zealand | 6β13 | France | 10β02β1973 | 1 | 35d (1m4d) |
76 | France | 6β14 | England | 24β02β1973 | 0 | 14d |
77 | England | 14β16 | Scotland | 02β02β1974 | 3 | 343d (11m9d) |
78 | Scotland | 6β9 | Ireland | 02β03β1974 | 0 | 28d (1m0d) |
79 | Ireland | 6β15 | New Zealand | 23β11β1974 | 0 | 266d (8m21d) |
80 | New Zealand | 7β16 | South Africa | 24β07β1976 | 2 | 609d(1y8m1d) |
81 | South Africa | 9β15 | New Zealand | 14β08β1976 | 0 | 21d |
82 | New Zealand | 10β15 | South Africa | 04β09β1976 | 0 | 21d |
83 | South Africa | 9β14 | New Zealand | 15β08β1981 | 3 | 1806 (4y11m11d) |
84 | New Zealand | 12β24 | South Africa | 29β08β1981 | 0 | 14d |
85 | South Africa | 22β25 | New Zealand | 12β09β1981 | 0 | 14d |
86 | New Zealand | 16β19 | Australia | 28β08β1982 | 4 | 350d (11m16d) |
87 | Australia | 18β33 | New Zealand | 11β09β1982 | 0 | 14d |
88 | New Zealand | 9β15 | England | 19β11β1983 | 2 | 434d (1y2m8d) |
89 | England | 6β18 | Scotland | 04β02β1984 | 0 | 77d (2m16d) |
90 | Scotland | 22β28 | Romania | 20β05β1984 | 2 | 106 (3m16d) |
91 | Romania | 3β18 | France | 10β11β1984 | 0 | 174d (5m21d) |
92 | France | 16β24 | Argentina | 22β06β1985 | 8 | 224d (7m12d) |
93 | Argentina | 15β23 | France | 29β06β1985 | 0 | 7d |
94 | France | 17β18 | Scotland | 19β01β1986 | 4 | 204d (6m21d) |
95 | Scotland | 15β22 | Wales | 02β02β1986 | 0 | 14d |
96 | Wales | 15β23 | France | 02β03β1986 | 1 | 28d (1m0d) |
97 | France | 13β15 | Argentina | 31β05β1986 | 4 | 62d (2m1d) |
98 | Argentina | 9β22 | France | 07β06β1986 | 0 | 35d (1m4d) |
99 | France | 14β27 | Australia | 21β06β1986 | 0 | 14d |
100 | Australia | 12β13 | New Zealand | 23β08β1986 | 3 | 63d (2m2d) |
101 | New Zealand | 9β22 | Australia | 06β09β1986 | 0 | 14d |
102 | Australia | 24β30 | France | 13β06β1987 | 5 | 280d (9m7d) |
103 | France | 9β29 | New Zealand | 20β06β1987 | 0 | 7d |
104 | New Zealand | 9β21 | Australia | 18β08β1990 | 17 | 1155d (3y1m29d) |
105 | Australia | 3β6 | New Zealand | 24β08β1991 | 3 | 371d (1y0m6d) |
106 | New Zealand | 6β16 | Australia | 27β10β1991 | 4 | 64d (2m3d) |
107 | Australia | 23β26 | New Zealand | 25β07β1992 | 5 | 272d (8m28d) |
108 | New Zealand | 9β15 | England | 27β11β1993 | 4 | 490d (1y4m2d) |
109 | England | 12β13 | Ireland | 19β02β1994 | 1 | 84d (2m23d) |
110 | Ireland | 13β33 | Australia | 05β06β1994 | 1 | 106d (3m17d) |
111 | Australia | 18β27 | South Africa | 25β05β1995 | 7 | 354d (11m20d) |
112 | South Africa | 16β21 | Australia | 13β07β1996 | 9 | 415d (1y1m18d) |
113 | Australia | 25β32 | New Zealand | 27β07β1996 | 0 | 14d |
114 | New Zealand | 22β32 | South Africa | 31β08β1996 | 3 | 35d (1m4d) |
115 | South Africa | 32β35 | New Zealand | 19β07β1997 | 6 | 322d (10m19d) |
116 | New Zealand | 16β24 | Australia | 11β07β1998 | 9 | 357d (11m22d) |
117 | Australia | 13β14 | South Africa | 18β07β1998 | 0 | 7d |
118 | South Africa | 7β13 | England | 05β12β1998 | 6 | 140d (4m17d) |
119 | England | 31β32 | Wales | 11β04β1999 | 3 | 127d (4m6d) |
120 | Wales | 31β38 | Samoa | 14β10β1999 | 7 | 186d (6m3d) |
121 | Samoa | 20β35 | Scotland | 20β10β1999 | 0 | 6d |
122 | Scotland | 18β30 | New Zealand | 24β10β1999 | 0 | 4d |
123 | New Zealand | 31β43 | France | 31β10β1999 | 0 | 7d |
124 | France | 12β35 | Australia | 06β11β1999 | 0 | 6d |
125 | Australia | 35β39 | New Zealand | 15β07β2000 | 3 | 252d (8m9d) |
126 | New Zealand | 23β24 | Australia | 05β08β2000 | 1 | 21d |
127 | Australia | 19β22 | England | 18β11β2000 | 3 | 105d (3m13d) |
128 | England | 14β20 | Ireland | 20β10β2001 | 9 | 336d (11m2d) |
129 | Ireland | 29β40 | New Zealand | 17β11β2001 | 1 | 28d |
130 | New Zealand | 14β16 | Australia | 03β08β2002 | 8 | 259d (8m17d) |
131 | Australia | 31β33 | South Africa | 17β08β2002 | 0 | 14d |
132 | South Africa | 10β30 | France | 09β11β2002 | 0 | 84d (2m23d) |
133 | France | 17β25 | England | 15β02β2003 | 2 | 98d (3m6d) |
134 | England | 16β17 | France | 30β08β2003 | 7 | 196d (6m15d) |
135 | France | 14β45 | England | 06β09β2003 | 0 | 7d |
136 | England | 13β19 | Ireland | 06β03β2004 | 9 | 182d (6m0d) |
137 | Ireland | 17β31 | South Africa | 12β06β2004 | 2 | 98d (3m6d) |
138 | South Africa | 21β23 | New Zealand | 24β07β2004 | 2 | 42d (1m12d) |
139 | New Zealand | 18β23 | Australia | 07β08β2004 | 0 | 14d |
140 | Australia | 19β23 | South Africa | 21β08β2004 | 0 | 14d |
141 | South Africa | 12β17 | Ireland | 13β11β2004 | 1 | 84d (2m23d) |
142 | Ireland | 19β26 | France | 12β03β2005 | 5 | 119d (3m27d) |
143 | France | 13β27 | South Africa | 25β06β2005 | 2 | 105d (3m13d) |
144 | South Africa | 12β30 | Australia | 09β07β2005 | 0 | 14d |
145 | Australia | 20β33 | South Africa | 23β07β2005 | 0 | 14d |
146 | South Africa | 12β30 | New Zealand | 27β08β2005 | 2 | 35d (1m4d) |
147 | New Zealand | 20β21 | South Africa | 02β09β2006 | 13 | 371d (1y0m6d) |
148 | South Africa | 15β32 | Ireland | 11β11β2006 | 1 | 70d (2m9d) |
149 | Ireland | 17β20 | France | 11β02β2007 | 3 | 92d (3m0d) |
150 | France | 18β26 | England | 11β03β2007 | 1 | 28d (1m0d) |
151 | England | 18β27 | Wales | 17β03β2007 | 0 | 6d |
152 | Wales | 23β29 | Australia | 26β05β2007 | 0 | 70d (2m9d) |
153 | Australia | 19β22 | South Africa | 16β06β2007 | 2 | 21d |
154 | South Africa | 21β26 | New Zealand | 23β06β2007 | 0 | 7d |
155 | New Zealand | 15β20 | Australia | 30β06β2007 | 0 | 7d |
156 | Australia | 12β26 | New Zealand | 21β07β2007 | 1 | 21d |
157 | New Zealand | 18β20 | France | 06β10β2007 | 4 | 77d (2m15d) |
158 | France | 9β14 | England | 13β10β2007 | 0 | 7d |
159 | England | 6β15 | South Africa | 20β10β2007 | 0 | 7d |
160 | South Africa | 8β19 | New Zealand | 05β07β2008 | 4 | 259d (8m15d) |
161 | New Zealand | 28β30 | South Africa | 12β07β2008 | 0 | 7d |
162 | South Africa | 9β16 | Australia | 19β07β2008 | 0 | 7d |
163 | Australia | 10β39 | New Zealand | 02β08β2008 | 1 | 14d |
164 | New Zealand | 22β27 | France | 13β06β2009 | 8 | 315d (10m11d) |
165 | France | 10β14 | New Zealand | 20β06β2009 | 0 | 7d |
166 | New Zealand | 19β28 | South Africa | 25β07β2009 | 2 | 35d (1m5d) |
167 | South Africa | 6β21 | Australia | 12β09β2009 | 3 | 49d (1m18d) |
168 | Australia | 6β33 | New Zealand | 19β09β2009 | 0 | 7d |
169 | New Zealand | 24β26 | Australia | 30β10β2010 | 14 | 406d (1y1m11d) |
170 | Australia | 18β35 | England | 13β11β2010 | 1 | 14d |
171 | England | 11β21 | South Africa | 27β11β2010 | 1 | 14d |
172 | South Africa | 20β39 | Australia | 27β07β2011 | 0 | 242d (8m0d) |
173 | Australia | 14β30 | New Zealand | 06β08β2011 | 0 | 10d |
174 | New Zealand | 5β18 | South Africa | 20β08β2011 | 0 | 14d |
175 | South Africa | 9β11 | Australia | 09β10β2011 | 4 | 50d (1m19d) |
176 | Australia | 6β20 | New Zealand | 16β10β2011 | 0 | 7d |
177 | New Zealand | 21β38 | England | 01β12β2012 | 14 | 412d (1y1m14d) |
178 | England | 3β30 | Wales | 16β03β2013 | 4 | 95d (3m5d) |
179 | Wales | 8β23 | Japan | 08β06β2013 | 1 | 94d (3m2d) |
180 | Japan | 6β54 | New Zealand | 02β11β2013 | 2 | 147d (4m25d) |
181 | New Zealand | 25β27 | South Africa | 04β10β2014 | 11 | 336d (11m2d) |
182 | South Africa | 15β29 | Ireland | 08β12β2014 | 1 | 64d (2m4d) |
183 | Ireland | 16β23 | Wales | 14β03β2015 | 5 | 96d (3m6d) |
184 | Wales | 21β35 | Ireland | 08β08β2015 | 1 | 147d (4m25d) |
185 | Ireland | 10β16 | Wales | 29β08β2015 | 1 | 21d |
186 | Wales | 6β15 | Australia | 10β10β2015 | 4 | 42d (1m11d) |
187 | Australia | 17β34 | New Zealand | 31β10β2015 | 2 | 21d |
188 | New Zealand | 29β40 | Ireland | 05β11β2016 | 10 | 371d (1y0m5d) |
189 | Ireland | 9β21 | New Zealand | 19β11β2016 | 1 | 14d |
190 | New Zealand | 18β23 | Australia | 21β10β2017 | 8 | 336d (11m2d) |
191 | Australia | 6β30 | England | 18β11β2017 | 2 | 28d |
192 | England | 13β25 | Scotland | 24β02β2018 | 3 | 98d (3m6d) |
193 | Scotland | 8β28 | Ireland | 10β03β2018 | 0 | 14d |
194 | Ireland | 8β19 | Australia | 09β06β2018 | 1 | 91d (2m30d) |
195 | Australia | 21β26 | Ireland | 16β06β2018 | 0 | 7d |
196 | Ireland | 20β32 | England | 02β02β2019 | 5 | 231d (7m17d) |
197 | England | 13β21 | Wales | 23β02β2019 | 1 | 21d |
198 | Wales | 19β33 | England | 12β08β2019 | 2 | 170d (5m20d) |
199 | England | 6β13 | Wales | 17β08β2019 | 0 | 5d |
200 | Wales | 17β22 | Ireland | 31β08β2019 | 0 | 14d |
201 | Ireland | 12β19 | Japan | 28β09β2019 | 2 | 28d |
202 | Japan | 3β26 | South Africa | 20β10β2019 | 2 | 22d |
203 | South Africa | 26β28 | Australia | 12β09β2021 | 5 | 693d (1y10m23d) |
204 | Australia | 13β15 | Scotland | 07β11β2021 | 4 | 56d (1m26d) |
205 | Scotland | 15β30 | South Africa | 13β11β2021 | 0 | 6d |
206 | South Africa | 26β27 | England | 20-11-2021 | 0 | 7d |
207 | England | 17β20 | Scotland | 05-02-2022 | 0 | 76d (2m16d) |
208 | Scotland | 17β20 | Wales | 12-02-2022 | 0 | 7d |
209 | Wales | 19β23 | England | 26-02-2022 | 0 | 14d |
210 | England | 15β32 | Ireland | 12-03-2022 | 0 | 14d |
211 | Ireland | 19β42 | New Zealand | 02-07-2022 | 1 | 112d (3m20d) |
212 | New Zealand | 12β23 | Ireland | 09-07-2022 | 0 | 7d |
213 | Ireland | 24β28 | New Zealand | 14-10-2023 | 16 | 462d (1y3m5d) |
214 | New Zealand | 11β12 | South Africa | 28-10-2023 | 1 | 14d |
215 | South Africa | 24β25 | Ireland | 13-07-2024 | 1 | 259d |
216 | Ireland | 0 | 60d |
Most shield defences
Team | Total | Chal. | Cons. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Zealand | 155 | 41 | 17 |
2 | South Africa | 87 | 33 | 11 |
3 | England | 62 | 28 | 9 |
4 | Ireland | 50 | 23 | 16 |
6 | Australia | 46 | 30 | 7 |
6 | France | 27 | 16 | 8 |
7 | Wales | 24 | 17 | 7 |
8 | Scotland | 16 | 18 | 4 |
9 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Samoa | 0 | 1 | 0 |
No. | Team | Start | Def. | Score | End | Score | Chal. | Tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | New Zealand | 20β06β1987 | France | 9β29 | 18β08β1990 | 9β21 | Australia | 1155d (3y1m29d) |
16 | Ireland | 09β07β2022 | New Zealand | 12β23 | 14β10β2023 | 24β28 | New Zealand | 462d (1y3m6d) |
14 | New Zealand | 19β09β2009 | Australia | 6β33 | 30β10β2010 | 24β26 | Australia | 406d (1y1m11d) |
New Zealand | 16β10β2011 | Australia | 6β20 | 01β12β2012 | 21β38 | England | 412d (1y1m14d) | |
13 | New Zealand | 27β08β2005 | South Africa | 12β30 | 02β09β2006 | 20β21 | South Africa | 371d (1y0m6d) |
11 | South Africa | 04β09β1937 | New Zealand | 6β13 | 05β09β1953 | 14β18 | Australia | 5845d (16y0m1d) |
New Zealand | 02β11β2013 | Japan | 6β54 | 04β10β2014 | 25β27 | South Africa | 336d (11m2d) | |
10 | New Zealand | 31β10β2015 | Australia | 17β34 | 05β11β2016 | 29β40 | Ireland | 371d (1y0m5d) |
9 | England | 03β03β1883 | Scotland | 1Tβ2T | 05β02β1887 | 0Gβ2G | Ireland | 1435d (3y11m2d) |
South Africa | 27β08β1960 | New Zealand | 3β8 | 10β08β1963 | 5β9 | Australia | 1078d (2y11m14d) | |
South Africa | 25β05β1995 | Australia | 18β27 | 13β07β1996 | 16β21 | Australia | 415d (1y1m18d) | |
New Zealand | 09β07β1997 | South Africa | 32β35 | 11β07β1998 | 16β24 | Australia | 357d (11m22d) | |
England | 18β11β2000 | Australia | 19β22 | 20β10β2001 | 14β20 | Ireland | 336d (11m2d) | |
England | 06β09β2003 | France | 14β45 | 06β03β2004 | 13β19 | Ireland | 182d (6m0d) |
Notes
- ^1 Excludes two wins and one loss against the British & Irish Lions in 1910.
- ^2 Due to World War 1, South Africa played no tests from 1914 until 1921.
- ^3 Excludes three wins and one draw against the British & Irish Lions in 1924.
- ^4 Excludes one win against the British & Irish Lions in 1930 and one win against the MΔori All Blacks in 1931.
- ^5 Excludes two wins and one loss against the British & Irish Lions in 1938.
- ^6 Due to World War 2, South Africa played no tests from 1939 until 1949.
- ^7 Excludes two wins and two losses against the British & Irish Lions in 1955.
- ^8 Excludes three wins and one loss against the British & Irish Lions in 1959.
- ^9 Excludes three wins and one draw against the British & Irish Lions in 1962.
- ^10 Excludes one draw against the Presidents XV in 1974.
- ^11 Excludes one win against the World XV in 1977, four wins against the South American XV in 1980 and three wins and one loss against the British & Irish Lions, also in 1980.
- ^12 Excludes four wins against the British & Irish Lions in 1983.
- ^13 Includes one win against the now-defunct Soviet Union team (which is now Georgia and Russia, among others) in 1985.
- ^14 Excludes two wins and one loss against the British & Irish Lions in 1993.
- ^15 Excludes two losses and one win against the British & Irish Lions in 1997.
- ^16 Excludes one win against the Pacific Islanders in 2004.
- ^17 Excludes one win, one loss and one draw against the British & Irish Lions in 2017.
- ^18 After the 2019 Rugby World Cup, South Africa did not play a match until 2021. This was due to complications faced with preparation and travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.