List of international rugby union tries by Bryan Habana

Bryan Habana.

Bryan Habana is a South African rugby union player who plays on the wing. Habana has represented South Africa 98 times and has scored 56 tries.[1] Habana's try total places him fourth on the all time list, and also makes him South Africa's leading international try scorer.[2][3]

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.[4]

On 21 November 2009 Habana scored a try against Italy, which means that he has now scored a try against each of the "Tier 1" nations. The following summer Habana scored another two tries against Italy in separate matches, the second of which brought Habana's total to 38 and equaled the South African record set by Joost van der Westhuizen. Habana remained level with van der Westhuizen as he failed to score for almost fifteen months after. His try-drought was eventually ended at the 2011 World Cup against Namibia.[5]

Key

International tries

Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result
1  England London Twickenham Test Match 20 November 2004 Lost
2  Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield Test Match 27 November 2004 Won
3  Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield Test Match 27 November 2004 Won
4  Uruguay East London Buffalo City Stadium Test Match 11 June 2005 Won
5  Uruguay East London Buffalo City Stadium Test Match 11 June 2005 Won
6  France Durban Kings Park Test Match 18 June 2005 Draw
7  France Durban Kings Park Test Match 18 June 2005 Draw
8  France Port Elizabeth EPRU Stadium Test Match 25 June 2005 Won
9  France Port Elizabeth EPRU Stadium Test Match 25 June 2005 Won
10  Australia Johannesburg Ellis Park Mandela Challenge Plate 23 July 2005 Won
11  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval Tri Nations 20 August 2005 Won
12  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval Tri Nations 20 August 2005 Won
13  New Zealand Dunedin Carisbrook Tri Nations 27 August 2005 Lost
14  Wales Cardiff Millennium Stadium Test Match 19 November 2005 Won
15  Wales Cardiff Millennium Stadium Test Match 19 November 2005 Won
16  New Zealand Rustenburg Olympia Park Tri Nations 2 September 2006 Won
17  Ireland Dublin Lansdowne Road Test Match 11 November 2006 Lost
18  England Bloemfontein Free State Stadium Test Match 26 May 2007 Won
19  England Bloemfontein Free State Stadium Test Match 26 May 2007 Won
20  England Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test Match 2 June 2007 Won
21  England Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test Match 2 June 2007 Won
22  Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield Test Match 25 August 2007 Won
23  Samoa Paris Parc des Princes Rugby World Cup 9 September 2007 Won
24  Samoa Paris Parc des Princes Rugby World Cup 9 September 2007 Won
25  Samoa Paris Parc des Princes Rugby World Cup 9 September 2007 Won
26  Samoa Paris Parc des Princes Rugby World Cup 9 September 2007 Won
27  United States Montpellier Stade de la Mosson Rugby World Cup 30 September 2007 Won
28  United States Montpellier Stade de la Mosson Rugby World Cup 30 September 2007 Won
29  Argentina Saint-Denis Stade de France Rugby World Cup 14 October 2007 Won
30  Argentina Saint-Denis Stade de France Rugby World Cup 14 October 2007 Won
31  New Zealand Wellington Westpac Stadium Tri Nations 5 July 2008 Lost
32  England London Twickenham Test Match 22 November 2008 Won
33 British and Irish Lions Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test Match 27 June 2009 Won
34  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval Tri Nations 29 August 2009 Won
35  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval Tri Nations 29 August 2009 Won
36  Italy Udine Stadio Friuli Test Match 21 November 2009 Won
37  Italy Witbank Johann van Riebeeck Stadium Test Match 19 June 2010 Won
38  Italy East London Buffalo City Stadium Test Match 26 June 2010 Won
39  Namibia Auckland North Harbour Stadium Rugby World Cup 22 September 2011 Won
40  Samoa Auckland North Harbour Stadium Rugby World Cup 30 September 2011 Won
41  Argentina Cape Town Newlands Rugby Championship 18 August 2012 Won
42  Australia Perth Subiaco Oval Rugby Championship 8 September 2012 Lost
43  New Zealand Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium Rugby Championship 15 September 2012 Lost
44  Australia Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Rugby Championship 29 September 2012 Won
45  Australia Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Rugby Championship 29 September 2012 Won
46  Australia Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Rugby Championship 29 September 2012 Won
47  New Zealand Johannesburg Ellis Park Rugby Championship 6 October 2012 Lost
48  Italy Durban Kings Park Test Match 8 June 2013 Won
49  Samoa Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test Match 22 June 2013 Won
50  Samoa Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test Match 22 June 2013 Won
51  Argentina Johannesburg FNB Stadium Rugby Championship 17 August 2013 Won
52  New Zealand Johannesburg Ellis Park Rugby Championship 5 October 2013 Lost
53  New Zealand Johannesburg Ellis Park Rugby Championship 5 October 2013 Lost
54  Wales Durban Kings Park Test Match 14 June 2014 Won
55  Wales Durban Kings Park Test Match 14 June 2014 Won
56  Argentina Salta Ernesto Martearena Rugby Championship 23 August 2014 Won
57  Italy Padua Stadio Euganeo Test Match 22 November 2014 Won

References

  1. ↑ SFMS Limited. "South Africa / Players & Officials / Bryan Habana". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  2. ↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records/ total tries scored". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  3. ↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records/ South Africa / total tries scored". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  4. ↑ "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records / Rugby World Cup, 2007". Scrum. ESPN. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  5. ↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Player analysis / Bryan Habana / Test matches". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.