sentences:  After initial optimism leading into the competition the South Africans would face Tonga in their first world cup fixture and be comprehensively beaten 66–18.The following world cup matches would add further disappointment and diminish all optimism the South Africans originally had leading into the competition with a following loss to Papua New Guinea 16-0 and a heavy loss to the French which saw captain Jamie Bloem sin-binned and investigated following comments made about the referee after the match.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.