The South African national rugby union team suffered their biggest ever defeat in a competitive fixture as they were humbled 57-0 by New Zealand at the QBE Stadium in front of 30,021 fans on September 16, 2017.
This Bok defeat saw Allister Coetzee’s men humbled by 57 points, beating the previous record loss that England inflicted upon them (53-3) back in 2002 (the game where the Boks had Jannes Labuschagne sent off). However the Springboks played for the full 80 with fifteen men.
The Springboks’ heaviest defeat at home also came with Coetzee in charge last year, when they lost 57-15 in Durban in October 2016.
Heaviest Bok margins of defeat (as of November 2017)
New Zealand 57-0 South Africa (2017)
England 53-3 South Africa (2002)
Australia 49-0 South Africa (2006)
South Africa 15-57 New Zealand (2016)
South Africa 16-52 New Zealand (2003)
Ireland 38-3 South Africa (2017)
New Zealand 40-7 South Africa (2011)
New Zealand 28-0 South Africa (1999)
New Zealand 41-13 South Africa (2016)
New Zealand 33-6 South Africa (2007)
Australia 32-6 South Africa (1999)
This picture below details the worst defeats as on September 2017. The 38-3 loss to Ireland is the new addition above.
