WORLD champions South Africa have made more handling errors than any other team at the Rugby World Cup 99, according to statistics compiled by the tournament organisers. But the data is not as damning as it appears because the Springboks enjoyed such monopoly of possession in their group A games against Spain and Uruguay that they had dozens more opportunities to spill the ball. Spain, who returned home without a win or even a try, committed the least errors – just 14 at an average of 4,67 per match while Uruguay are second best with 20 and an average of 6,67. According to the RWC 99 figures, South Africa made 57 handling errors in three games at an average of 19. Next is Australia who made 52 errors in the same number of games at an average of 17,33. Third on the list is Ireland with 46, averaging 15,33 errors in a match.