Bryan Habana is a former South African rugby union player who played on the wing. , Habana has represented South Africa 124 times and has scored 67 tries. Habana's try total places him second on the all-time list, and also makes him South Africa's leading international try scorer. Habana has also scored more international tries outside his home country than any other player in history, with a total of 38 either away or at neutral venues.
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.
When Habana scored a try against Italy on 21 November 2009, it meant that he had scored a try against each of the "Tier 1" nations. The following year Habana scored another two tries against Italy in separate matches, the second of which brought Habana's total to 38, equalling the South African record set by Joost van der Westhuizen. Habana remained level with van der Westhuizen, failing to score for almost fifteen months, before ending his drought at the 2011 World Cup against Namibia. Habana became the second South African to win the IRPA Try of the Year for his try against New Zealand in 2012. Running between two defending players and chipping the ball over a third, Habana slid in to score in the South African's 21–11 defeat in the 2012 Rugby Championship.
International tries Key Won denotes that the match was won by South Africa Lost denotes that the match was lost by South Africa Drawn denotes that the match was drawn denotes the try was selected as the IRPA Try of the Year. +International tries scored by Bryan Habana Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result Score Ref. 1 London Twickenham Test match Lost16–32 2 Edinburgh Murrayfield Won 45–10 3 4 East London Buffalo City Stadium Won 134–3 5 6 Durban Kings Park Drawn 30–30 7 8 Port Elizabeth EPRU Stadium Won 27–13 9 10 Johannesburg Ellis Park Mandela Challenge Plate Won33–20 11 Perth Subiaco Oval 2005 Tri Nations Series Won 22–19 12 13 Dunedin Carisbrook Lost27–31 14 Cardiff Millennium Stadium Test match Won 33–16 15 16 Rustenburg Olympia Park 2006 Tri Nations Series Won21–20 17 Dublin Lansdowne Road Test match Lost15–32 18 Bloemfontein Free State Stadium Won 58–10 19 20 Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Won55–22 21 22 Edinburgh Murrayfield Won27–3 23 Paris Parc des Princes 2007 Rugby World Cup Won 59–7 24 25 26 27 Montpellier Stade de la Mosson Won 64–15 28 29 Saint-Denis Stade de France Won 37–13 30 31 Wellington Westpac Stadium 2008 Tri Nations Series Lost8–19 32 London Twickenham Test match Won42–6 33 British & Irish Lions Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Test match Won28–25 34 Perth Subiaco Oval 2009 Tri Nations Series Won 32–25 35 36 Udine Stadio Friuli Test match Won32–10 37 Witbank Puma Stadium Won29–13 38 East London Buffalo City Stadium Won55–11 39 Auckland North Harbour Stadium 2011 Rugby World Cup Won87–0 40 Won13–5 41 Cape Town Newlands 2012 Rugby Championship Won27–6 42 Perth Subiaco Oval Lost19–26 43 Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium Lost11–21 44 Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Won 31–8 45 46 47 Johannesburg FNB Stadium Lost16–32 48 Durban Kings Park Test match Won44–10 49 Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Won 56–23 50 51 Johannesburg FNB Stadium 2013 Rugby Championship Won73–13 52 Ellis Park Lost 27–38 53 54 Durban Kings Park Test match Won 38–16 55 56 Salta Ernesto Martearena 2014 Rugby Championship Won33–31 57 Padua Stadio Euganeo Test match Won22–6 58 Durban Kings Park 2015 Rugby Championship Lost25–37 59 Buenos Aires José Amalfitani 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches Won26–12 60 Birmingham Villa Park 2015 Rugby World Cup Won46–6 61 Newcastle St James' Park Won34–16 62 London London Stadium Won 64–0 63 64 65 Salta Ernesto Martearena 2016 Rugby Championship Lost24–26 66 Christchurch AMI Stadium Lost13–41 67 Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Test match Lost18–20
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