Namibia: World Champion Springboks Seek to Improve Dismal Brisbane Record

World champions South Africa will launch their 2024 Rugby Championship campaign on August 10 in Brisbane, a city where they have lost 11 of 12 professional era Tests against Australia.

The disastrous record of the Springboks there began in 1997 when beaten 32-20 by the Wallabies and includes a humiliating 49-0 drubbing nine years later.

South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus is aware of the jinx, saying “Australia are a quality team and, historically, a force to be reckoned with at home”.

The…