BIG READ: Barbarians through the gate

When the Springboks met the Barbarians in Cape Town on Saturday night, it capped a long relationship between SA and the world’s most famous rugger pickup team. 

The 54-7 Bok victory also evened the score. Before the weekend, the Springboks had played the Barbarians eight times since their first meeting in 1952, all on foreign fields — three times at each of Twickenham and in Cardiff, once in Dublin and at Wembley.  ..

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