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 114 times and has scored 65 tries.^[1] Habana's try total places him second on the all time list, and also makes him South Africa's leading international try scorer.^[2][3] Habana has also scored more international tries outside his home country than any other player in history, with a total of 36 either away or at neutral venues.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Key

• Won denotes that the match was won by South Africa.
• Lost denotes that the match was lost by South Africa.
• Draw denotes that the match was drawn.

International tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score	DT?[7]
1	England	London	Twickenham	Test Match	20 November 2004	Lost	16-23	N/A
2	Scotland	Edinburgh	Murrayfield	Test Match	27 November 2004	Won	45-10	Yes
3	Scotland	Edinburgh	Murrayfield	Test Match	27 November 2004	Won
4	Uruguay	East London	Buffalo City Stadium	Test Match	11 June 2005	Won	134-3	Yes
5	Uruguay	East London	Buffalo City Stadium	Test Match	11 June 2005	Won
6	France	Durban	Kings Park	Test Match	18 June 2005	Draw	30-30	No
7	France	Durban	Kings Park	Test Match	18 June 2005	Draw
8	France	Port Elizabeth	EPRU Stadium	Test Match	25 June 2005	Won	27-13	No
9	France	Port Elizabeth	EPRU Stadium	Test Match	25 June 2005	Won
10	Australia	Johannesburg	Ellis Park	Mandela Challenge Plate	23 July 2005	Won	33-20	Yes
11	Australia	Perth	Subiaco Oval	Tri Nations	20 August 2005	Won	22-19	Yes
12	Australia	Perth	Subiaco Oval	Tri Nations	20 August 2005	Won
13	New Zealand	Dunedin	Carisbrook	Tri Nations	27 August 2005	Lost	27-31	N/A
14	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Test Match	19 November 2005	Won	33-16	No
15	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Test Match	19 November 2005	Won
16	New Zealand	Rustenburg	Olympia Park	Tri Nations	2 September 2006	Won	21-20	Yes
17	Ireland	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Test Match	11 November 2006	Lost	15-32	N/A
18	England	Bloemfontein	Free State Stadium	Test Match	26 May 2007	Won	58-10	No
19	England	Bloemfontein	Free State Stadium	Test Match	26 May 2007	Won
20	England	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld	Test Match	2 June 2007	Won	55-22	No
21	England	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld	Test Match	2 June 2007	Won
22	Scotland	Edinburgh	Murrayfield	Test Match	25 August 2007	Won	27-3	No
23	Samoa	Paris	Parc des Princes	Rugby World Cup	9 September 2007	Won	59-7	No
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	64-15	No
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	37-13	No
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	8-19	N/A
32	England	London	Twickenham	Test Match	22 November 2008	Won	42-6	No
33	British and Irish Lions	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld	Test Match	27 June 2009	Won	26-21	Yes
34	Australia	Perth	Subiaco Oval	Tri Nations	29 August 2009	Won	32-25	Yes
35	Australia	Perth	Subiaco Oval	Tri Nations	29 August 2009	Won
36	Italy	Udine	Stadio Friuli	Test Match	21 November 2009	Won	32-10	No
37	Italy	Witbank	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium	Test Match	19 June 2010	Won	29-13	No
38	Italy	East London	Buffalo City Stadium	Test Match	26 June 2010	Won	55-11
39	Namibia	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium	Rugby World Cup	22 September 2011	Won	87-0
40	Samoa	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium	Rugby World Cup	30 September 2011	Won	13-5
41	Argentina	Cape Town	Newlands	Rugby Championship	18 August 2012	Won	27-6
42	Australia	Perth	Subiaco Oval	Rugby Championship	8 September 2012	Lost	19-26
43	New Zealand	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium	Rugby Championship	15 September 2012	Lost	11-21
44	Australia	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld	Rugby Championship	29 September 2012	Won	31-8
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	16-32
48	Italy	Durban	Kings Park	Test Match	8 June 2013	Won	44-10
49	Samoa	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld	Test Match	22 June 2013	Won	56-23
50	Samoa	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld	Test Match	22 June 2013	Won
51	Argentina	Johannesburg	FNB Stadium	Rugby Championship	17 August 2013	Won	73-13
52	New Zealand	Johannesburg	Ellis Park	Rugby Championship	5 October 2013	Lost	27-38
53	New Zealand	Johannesburg	Ellis Park	Rugby Championship	5 October 2013	Lost
54	Wales	Durban	Kings Park	Test Match	14 June 2014	Won	38-16
55	Wales	Durban	Kings Park	Test Match	14 June 2014	Won
56	Argentina	Salta	Ernesto Martearena	Rugby Championship	23 August 2014	Won	33-31
57	Italy	Padua	Stadio Euganeo	Test Match	22 November 2014	Won	22-6
58	Argentina	Durban	Kings Park	Rugby Championship	8 August 2015	Lost	25-37
59	Argentina	Buenos Aires	José Amalfitani	Rugby World Cup Warm-Up	15 August 2015	Won	26-12
60	Samoa	Birmingham	Villa Park	Rugby World Cup	26 September 2015	Won	46-6	No
61	Scotland	Newcastle	St James' Park	Rugby World Cup	3 October 2015	Won	34-16	No
62	United States	London	Olympic Stadium	Rugby World Cup	7 October 2015	Won	64-0	No
63	United States	London	Olympic Stadium	Rugby World Cup	7 October 2015	Won
64	United States	London	Olympic Stadium	Rugby World Cup	7 October 2015	Won
65	Argentina	Salta	Ernesto Martearena	Rugby Championship	27 August 2016	Lost	24-26	N/A

References

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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, Player Records: tries scored away or at neutral venue (ordered by total tries scored)". ESPN (UK). Retrieved 2016-10-03.
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6. SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Player analysis / Bryan Habana / Test matches". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
7. Is the try decisive? Would South Africa win without Habana's try?