It was the welcome back party where the cocky hosts were put firmly back in their place.
In 1992 the world champion Wallabies played their first Test match against South Africa in 21years
It was at Newlands, Cape Town, the venue for tomorrow morning's Tri Nations encounter.
In the lead-up to the game, South African supporters and commentators had crowed about how the mighty Boks would prove themselves better than the World Cup holders. They'd prove that two decades of isolation had not set their mighty rugby nation back.
They were proved wrong, whipped by the Wallabies 26-3, to that date the biggest loss in South African rugby history.
Some of Australia's champion players said after the match that it was the Boks supporters above all that fired them up to play.
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