Cape Town - Going into Saturday’s match at London’s Wembley Stadium, the Barbarians hold a slight edge in the head-to-head stakes against the Springboks.
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The first encounter took place way back in 1952, when the Springboks ran out comfortable 17-3 winners in Cardiff.
But since then it’s not been all plain sailing for South Africa, with the BaaBaas winning four of the next six matches to hold a 4-3 advantage.
They also won the two most recent encounters - in 2007 and 2010.
Saturday’s match is scheduled for 17:30 (SA time).
Springboks v Barbarians head-to-head:
January 26, 1952: South Africa 17-3, Cardiff Arms Park - Cardiff
February 4, 1961: South Africa 0-6 Barbarians, Cardiff Arms Park - Cardiff
January 31, 1970: South Africa 21-12 Barbarians, Twickenham - London
December 3, 1994: South Africa 15-23 Barbarians, Lansdowne Road - Dublin
December 9, 2000: South Africa 41-31 Barbarians, Millennium Stadium - Cardiff
December 1, 2007: South Africa 5-22 Barbarians, Twickenham - London
December 4, 2010: South Africa 20-26 Barbarians, Twickenham - London
Teams:
South Africa
15 Jesse Kriel, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Pat Lambie (captain), 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Roelof Smit, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Beast Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Jean-Luc du Preez, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Ruan Combrinck
Barbarians
15 Melani Nanai (Blues), 14 Matt Faddes (Highlanders), 13 Seta Tamanivalu (Crusaders & New Zealand), 12 Richard Buckman (Highlanders & Panasonic), 11 Taqele Naiyaravoro (Waratahs, Panasonic & Australia), 10 Robert du Preez (Stormers), 9 Andy Ellis (Crusaders, Kobelco Steelers & New Zealand), 8 Luke Whitelock (Highlanders & New Zealand), 7 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders), 6 Brad Shields (Hurricanes), 5 Michael Fatialofa (Hurricanes), 4 Martin Muller (Lions), 3 Paddy Ryan (Waratahs & Australia), 2 Akker van der Merwe (Lions), 1 Reggie Goodes (Hurricanes)
Substitutes: 16 Andrew Ready (Reds), 17 Schalk van der Merwe (Montpellier), 18 Toby Smith (Rebels & Australia), 19 Sam Carter, (Brumbies & Australia), 20 Ruan Ackermann (Lions), 21 Nic Stirzaker (Rebels), 22 Richard Mo’unga (Crusaders), 23 Luke Morahan (Force & Australia)