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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier · 30 September 2007Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 49 points.Half-time 24–10 · Tries 9–2 · USA 1 yellow card

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10293640434952556274782626Attacks615Ball won61462620635728245735261250%Own 2257%Own half53%Opp half62%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA735
USA788
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA8/81/10
USA1/11/10
← USA attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
10′South AfricaTry, Schalk Burger, converted5–0
29′South AfricaTry, Frans Steyn, converted15–3
36′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted22–3
40′USATry, Takudzwa Ngwenya, converted24–8
43′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana29–10
49′South AfricaTry, CJ Van Der Linde, converted34–10
52′USATry, Chris Wyles36–15
55′South AfricaTry, Fourie Du Preez, converted41–15
62′South AfricaTry, Jaque Fourie, converted48–15
74′South AfricaTry, Jaque Fourie, converted55–15
78′South AfricaTry, Juan Smith, converted62–15
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′1 USA card
10′Schalk Burger29′Frans Steyn36′Bryan Habana40′Takudzwa Ngwenya43′Bryan Habana49′CJ Van Der Linde52′Chris Wyles55′Fourie Du Preez62′Jaque Fourie74′Jaque Fourie78′Juan Smith
RSA

Team stats

USA
55%Possession45%
58%Territory42%
90Carries63
638Metres gained374
8Defenders beaten5
120Passes61
14Offloads6
73Tackles made78
5Tackles missed8
57/59Rucks won49/52
12/12Lineouts won8/12
5/7Mauls won1/1
10Turnovers won6
8Penalties conceded7
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 8/8, penalties 1/1 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Wickus van HeerdenFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Schalk BurgerNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Frans SteynCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Akona NdunganeWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Bakkies BothaBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Andre PretoriusBench
  22. 22JP PietersenBench

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Owen LentzHooker
  3. 3Chris OsentowskiProp
  4. 4Alec ParkerSecond row
  5. 5Mike ManganSecond row
  6. 6Louis StanfillFlanker
  7. 7Todd CleverFlanker
  8. 8Dan PayneNumber 8
  9. 9Chad ErskineScrum-half
  10. 10Mike HercusFly-half
  11. 11Salesi SikaWing
  12. 12Vaha EsikiaCentre
  13. 13Philip EloffCentre
  14. 14Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Blake BurdetteBench
  17. 17Matekitonga MoeakiolaBench
  18. 18Mark AylorBench
  19. 19Henry BloomfieldBench
  20. 20Mike PetriBench
  21. 21Valenese MalifaBench
  22. 22Thretton PalamoBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 4–0 USA in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
USA going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.