Malcolm Marx ties late great James Small on Springbok tryscorers list

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With his second-half try at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, hooker Malcolm Marx extended his lead as South Africa’s leading tryscorer for a forward.

He also tied the late James Small on 20 tries in a Springbok jersey.

Marx was playing in his 71st Test, while Small retired for the game with 47 Test caps.

Second among the forwards is Schalk Burger jnr with 16 (86 Tests), while Bongi Mbonambi rounds out the ‘podium’ with 14 tries in 74 Tests.

Up next for Marx is the 21 tries scored by Pieter Rossouw.

It’s fairly common knowledge that former wing Bryan Habana is the all-time leadingSpringbok Test try scorer.

Habana dotted down 67 times in his 124 Tests for South Africa.

That number is well ahead of the 38 tries scored by the late Joost van der Westhuizen.

The leading active player is Makazole Mapimpi (fourth place) with 30 tries in his 44 Tests, but he’s closer to the end rather than the start of his international career.

SPRINGBOK FORWARDS WITH 10 TEST TRIES OR MORE

PlayerTest triesTest caps
Malcolm Marx *2071
Schalk Burger (jnr)1686
Bongi Mbonambi *1474
Juan Smith1270
Mark Andrews1277
Siya Kolisi *1288
Bobby Skinstad1142
Bismarck du Plessis1179
Joe van Niekerk1052
Danie Rossouw1063
Francois Louw1076

* denotes still active

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