England vs South Africa

South Africa’s wing Makazole Mapimpi runs to score a try during the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup final match between England and South Africa at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama on November 2, 2019. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

VIDEO: Springboks’ greatest Rugby World Cup tries ranked

RANKED: From Chester Williams and Bryan Habana to Cheslin Kolbe and Makazole Mapimpi, these are top 10 most outrageous Rugby World Cup tries the Springboks have scored.

England vs South Africa

South Africa’s wing Makazole Mapimpi runs to score a try during the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup final match between England and South Africa at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama on November 2, 2019. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

As the Springboks prepare for the looming 2023 Rugby World Cup, we look back into the RWC vault and showcase some of the best and most unbelievable tries South Africa have ever scored at the tournament.

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With a joint-record of three William Webb Ellis trophy wins, along with the All Blacks, the Springboks are Rugby World Cup royalty. South Africa won the showpiece tournament in 12-year intervals in 1995, 2007 and 2019.

Apart from the years they went all the way to win the cup, South Africa have competed in seven of the nine World Cup tournaments to date. The Springboks missed out on participation in 1987 and 1993 due to Apartheid sanctions imposed on the country’s sports federations at the time.

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In the seven post-isolation RWC tournaments they qualified for, the Springboks had some of the world’s best players at disposal and thus scored some of the best, most outrageous tries.

Below is a video montage ranking the top 10 South African tries at World Cups from 1995 to 2019.

BEST SPRINGBOKS TRIES AT RUGBY WORLD CUP

SOUTH AFRICA’S 2023 TEST FIXTURES

Rugby Championship

8 July: Springboks vs Australia (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)

✈ 15 July: South Africa vs New Zealand (Mount Smart, Auckland)

29 July: South Africa vs Argentina (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)

World Cup warm-ups

✈ 5 August: South Africa vs Argentina (Vélez Stadium, Buenos Aires)

✈ 19 August: South Africa vs Wales (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)

✈ 25 August: Springboks vs New Zealand (Twickenham Stadium, London)

Rugby World Cup

✈ 10 September: South Africa vs Scotland (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille) 

✈ 17 September: Springboks vs Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux) 

✈ 23 September: South Africa vs Ireland (Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris) 

✈ 1 October: Springboks vs Tonga (Stade Vélodrome, Marseille)

The Springboks are the defending World Cup champions - Springbok coach
South Africa are the defending world champions. Photo: Getty Images.