Six Sydney Sinkings: The Boks head off to another hoodoo city where they haven't won in 29 years

South Africa generally doesn't like playing rugby in Australia and their record in the country since 1993 details that sorry record.

After winning the first Test of the 1993 tour against what was the world champions at the time, the Springboks proceeded to lose four consecutive matches until the 1998 Perth success.

The Boks would lose six of their following seven Tests Down Under until again winning in Perth in 2005. The defeats came in Brisbane (1999, 2002, 2003), Sydney (2000, 2005), Perth (2004) and Melbourne (2000), along with a draw in 2001.

Even in the post-World Cup success under Peter de Villiers, the Boks only won in Perth in 2009, followed by their drought-breaking success in Brisbane in 2013.

That means South Africa have only won five matches in Australia in 29 years, which is a poor statistic considering their stated excellence.

Here's SA's undesirable record in Sydney since that 19-12 win in 1993:

13 July 1996: Australia 21-16 South Africa

South Africa's first Tri-Nations game didn't go as expected, with Australia collecting a 21-9 lead through tries from Joe Roff, and Tim Horan, along with three penalties and a conversion from Matt Burke.

The Boks were let down by an indifferent goalkicking performance from Andre Joubert and Henry Honiball, with Pieter Hendriks' try showing what could have been for the Boks.

29 July 2000: Australia 26-6 South Africa

Four years later, the world champions' roles had been reversed and Australia, unlike the Boks, showed their dominance.

This Sydney win, underpinned by tries from Jeremy Paul and Stirling Mortlock, who also added two conversions and four penalties, was the second of three Australian wins against the Boks.

They whacked them 44-23 in the one-off Mandela Plate Challenge in