Today in SA sports history: October 11

1997 — Shaun Bartlett scores in the 40th minute to give Bafana Bafana a 1-0 lead in a friendly against France in Lens, but the hosts reply twice in the second half through Stéphane Guivarc’h and Ibrahim Ba to secure victory.

2003 — The Springboks score their biggest margin of victory in a Rugby World Cup match as they trounce Uruguay 72-6 in Perth. Captain Joost van der Westhuizen scored three of SA’s 12 tries. The 66-point win remained SA’s largest in the tournament until the 2015 edition, when they beat Namibia 87-0...