2006 Italian Tour
After a second disappointing World Cup the side would again begin playing irregularly with one off fixtures over the next several years usually against touring national sides but it would not be until 2006 when they would again undertake another tour to foreign soil. A tour to Italy would be undertaken in June 2006 that saw the South Africans play in two tests and gaining their largest victory to date along with appearing in a separate rugby league nines competition in Montelanico.
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