While Australia has been a treacherous hunting ground for the Springboks in the past, the likes of Bryan Habana and Willie le Roux have produced some brilliance Down Under.

Saturday’s Rugby Championship opener will see the Springboks return to Australia for the first time since 2022, as they take on the Wallabies at a packed Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

The last time the Springboks were in Australia, Rassie Erasmus’ side came away with a 24-8 victory in Sydney, as Canan Moodie scored on his Test debut.

Having lost 11 out of 12 Tests at the Suncorp Stadium – with their only victory at Saturday’s venue coming in 2013 – the Boks will need to banish the hoodoo if they want to get their campaign off to a winning start.

The Boks will be able to call on the experience of Le Roux, who scored and assisted a try to seal a 38-12 win there in 2013.

Prior to 2013, the Springboks last tasted victory over the Wallabies in Australia in 2009, when Bryan Habana scored a brace of tries in a 32-25 win.

The Boks also fought back from a 10-point deficit to hold the Wallabies to a stalemate in Perth in 2017, the first of two draws between the two sides that year.

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