Blast from the past: Schoeman blitzes field to win world championship gold

Today in SA sports history: July 30

1891 — SA field a rugby team for the first time, taking on Great Britain in Port Elizabeth in the opening Test of their three-match series. The visitors scored two tries (one point each) and one conversion (two points) to win 4-0. 

1896 — SA take on Britain in the first Test of only their second rugby series in history, and fail to score a point as they go down 0-8 (two three-point tries and a conversion) in Port Elizabeth. It’s SA’s fourth Test, fourth defeat and the fourth time they failed to score a point...