South Africa Set New Rugby World Cup Record After Running Rampant Against Romania

• South Africa ran riot against Romania as they secured a massive 76-0 win in their second game
• Cobus Reinach and Makazole Mapimpi both scored hat tricks in the Springboks' massive victory
• The defending champions made history as they scored four tries in record time against Romania

The Springboks mean business at Rugby World Cup 2023.

The defending champions are looking to win their fourth world title and set down a marker with their performance against Romania.

The South African side raced to a 33-0 lead at the break, setting a new World Cup record in the process.

The Boks scored four tries ( to reach a bonus point), within 12 minutes, the quickest any team has taken to score four in the tournament’s history.

Cobus Reinach (2), Makazole Mapimpi and Damian Willemse all got onto the scoresheet for the Boks.

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Reinach went on to grab a third later in the half, bringing up his hat trick as well.

Reinach scored the second-fastest hat trick in the tournament’s history against the European side, as he grabbed his third within 24 minutes. Reinach also scored the fasted hat trick in the tournament’s history, as he took just 21 minutes to score three in 2019.

Mapimpi also grabbed a hat trick of tries, as he scored two more in the second half. The Boks were heavy favourites going into the fixture and lived up to the hype with their win.

As noted by The Telegraph, South Africa won 76-0. Their next challenge won’t be as easy, as they take on Ireland.

Ireland are the number one ranked side in the world and beat Romania 82-8 when they took them on in their first game.

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