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Bryan Habana

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Bryan Habana is a South African former professional rugby union player, born in Johannesburg in 1983, who played mainly as a wing and is widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. He played for the Golden Lions, the Blue Bulls and Western Province in South Africa, for the Bulls and the Stormers in Super Rugby, and for Toulon in the French Top 14, and won 124 caps for South Africa. He was part of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where his eight tries equalled the single tournament record set by Jonah Lomu in 1999, and he was named the 2007 IRB Player of the Year. At the 2015 Rugby World Cup he equalled Lomu's career record of 15 World Cup tries, and he ranks second among all-time Test try scorers with 67 tries.

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    is a South African former professional rugby union player
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    born 12 June 1983
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    Habana was part of the South Africa team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup
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