It was twice in 1991, but in Ireland's World Cup from Hell in 2007 they only beat them 32-17, which is a tiny victory compared to what most Tier One and even many Tier Two nations usually achieve against them.
Not true - England beat SA 25-3 in the 2003 pool stages.
On that argument, I'd argue that Wales have in fact been England's bogey team for much longer than SA. Between 1963 and 1991, England never won at Cardiff, even while they achieved away wins against SA and NZ. Furthermore, although England and Wales have similar records against other Six Nations teams and are almost neck and neck between each other, the disparity is much more evident when comparing the records of England and Wales versus the SH teams. Oh, and of course their respective records against Tier Two teams.
Fair cop I missed that one when checking.
I think we can lumber that as too historic to really be counted anymore. But has way more merit than one off losses listed in the OP.
Bogey team - a supposedly 'inferior' team that has a high winning ratio over a supposedly 'superior' team.
exactly...japan has only beat SA once....same with Japan or Namibia over Ireland
But it translates into a high winning ratio, since Japan and SA have only played each other three times. Likewise, Namibia have beaten Ireland in two out of their four encounters.
Tour Zimbabwe you cowards
....forever out of reach
