List of international rugby union tries by Bryan Habana

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Bryan Habana playing at the 2015 Rugby World Cup

Bryan Habana is a South African rugby union player who plays on the wing. As of January 2018, Habana has represented South Africa 124 times and has scored 67 tries. [1] Habana's try total places him second on the all-time list, and also makes him South Africa's leading international try scorer. [2] [3] Habana has also scored more international tries outside his home country than any other player in history, with a total of 38 either away or at neutral venues. [4]

Habana made his international debut for South Africa against England at Twickenham in 2004. It was during this match that Habana scored his first try, before scoring two tries against Scotland a week later. Habana played in South Africa's winning 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign, where he finished the tournament as the leading try scorer with eight, including four tries in a single match against Samoa. [5]

When Habana scored a try against Italy on 21 November 2009, it meant that he had scored a try against each of the "Tier 1" nations. The following year Habana scored another two tries against Italy in separate matches, the second of which brought Habana's total to 38, equalling the South African record set by Joost van der Westhuizen. [6] Habana remained level with van der Westhuizen, failing to score for almost fifteen months, before ending his drought at the 2011 World Cup against Namibia. [7] Habana became the second South African to win the IRPA Try of the Year for his try against New Zealand in 2012. Running between two defending players and chipping the ball over a third, Habana slid in to score in the South African's 21–11 defeat in the 2012 Rugby Championship. [8]

International tries

Key

International tries scored by Bryan Habana
TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScoreRef.
1Flag of England.svg  England London Twickenham Test match 20 November 2004Lost16–32 [10]
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield 27 November 2004Won45–10 [11]
3
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay East London Buffalo City Stadium 11 June 2005Won134–3 [12]
5
6Flag of France.svg  France Durban Kings Park 18 June 2005Drawn30–30 [13]
7
8 Port Elizabeth EPRU Stadium 25 June 2005Won27–13 [14]
9
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Johannesburg Ellis Park Mandela Challenge Plate 23 July 2005Won33–20 [15]
11 Perth Subiaco Oval 2005 Tri Nations Series 20 August 2005Won22–19 [16]
12
13Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Dunedin Carisbrook 27 August 2005Lost27–31 [17]
14Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Cardiff Millennium Stadium Test match 19 November 2005Won33–16 [18]
15
16Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Rustenburg Olympia Park 2006 Tri Nations Series 2 September 2006Won21–20 [19]
17IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Dublin Lansdowne Road Test match 11 November 2006Lost15–32 [20]
18Flag of England.svg  England Bloemfontein Free State Stadium 26 May 2007Won58–10 [21]
19
20 Pretoria Loftus Versfeld 2 June 2007Won55–22 [22]
21
22Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield 25 August 2007Won27–3 [23]
23Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Paris Parc des Princes 2007 Rugby World Cup 9 September 2007Won59–7 [24]
24
25
26
27Flag of the United States.svg  United States Montpellier Stade de la Mosson 30 September 2007Won64–15 [25]
28
29Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Saint-Denis Stade de France 14 October 2007Won37–13 [26]
30
31Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Wellington Westpac Stadium 2008 Tri Nations Series 5 July 2008Lost8–19 [27]
32Flag of England.svg  England London Twickenham Test match 22 November 2008Won42–6 [28]
33 British & Irish Lions Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test match 27 June 2009Won28–25 [29]
34Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval 2009 Tri Nations Series 29 August 2009Won32–25 [30]
35
36Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Udine Stadio Friuli Test match 21 November 2009Won32–10 [31]
37 Witbank Puma Stadium 19 June 2010Won29–13 [32]
38 East London Buffalo City Stadium 26 June 2010Won55–11 [33]
39Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Auckland North Harbour Stadium 2011 Rugby World Cup 22 September 2011Won87–0 [34]
40Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 30 September 2011Won13–5 [35]
41Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Cape Town Newlands 2012 Rugby Championship 18 August 2012Won27–6 [36]
42Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval 8 September 2012Lost19–26 [37]
43Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 15 September 2012Lost11–21 [38]
44Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Pretoria Loftus Versfeld 29 September 2012Won31–8 [39]
45
46
47 ‡Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Johannesburg FNB Stadium 6 October 2012Lost16–32 [40]
48Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Durban Kings Park Test match 8 June 2013Won44–10 [41]
49Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Pretoria Loftus Versfeld 22 June 2013Won56–23 [42]
50
51Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Johannesburg FNB Stadium 2013 Rugby Championship 17 August 2013Won73–13 [43]
52Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Ellis Park 5 October 2013Lost27–38 [44]
53
54Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Durban Kings Park Test match 14 June 2014Won38–16 [45]
55
56Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Salta Ernesto Martearena 2014 Rugby Championship 23 August 2014Won33–31 [46]
57Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Padua Stadio Euganeo Test match 22 November 2014Won22–6 [47]
58Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Durban Kings Park 2015 Rugby Championship 8 August 2015Lost25–37 [48]
59 Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 15 August 2015Won26–12 [49]
60Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Birmingham Villa Park 2015 Rugby World Cup 26 September 2015Won46–6 [50]
61Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Newcastle St James' Park 3 October 2015Won34–16 [51]
62Flag of the United States.svg  United States London London Stadium 7 October 2015Won64–0 [52]
63
64
65Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Salta Ernesto Martearena 2016 Rugby Championship 27 August 2016Lost24–26 [53]
66Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Christchurch AMI Stadium 17 September 2016Lost13–41 [54]
67Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Test match 19 November 2016Lost18–20 [55]

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