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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Vélodrome, Marseille · 7 October 2007Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 17 points.Half-time 13–3 · Tries 5–2 · FIJ 1 yellow card

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143652586071812833Attacks816Ball won53951945598528394827261246%Own 2236%Own half41%Opp half64%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA12019
FIJ7314
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA3/32/20
FIJ2/22/20
← Fiji 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
14′South AfricaTry, Jaque Fourie8–0
36′South AfricaTry, John Smit13–3
52′South AfricaTry, JP Pietersen, converted18–6
58′FijiTry, Vilimoni Delasau, converted20–11
60′FijiTry, Sireli Bobo, converted20–18
71′South AfricaTry, Juan Smith, converted28–20
81′South AfricaTry, Butch James, converted35–20
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FIJ card
14′Jaque Fourie36′John Smit52′JP Pietersen58′Vilimoni Delasau60′Sireli Bobo71′Juan Smith81′Butch James
RSA

Team stats

FIJ
42%Possession58%
46%Territory54%
80Carries107
394Metres gained509
15Defenders beaten19
74Passes109
10Offloads9
120Tackles made73
19Tackles missed14
59/63Rucks won83/87
11/13Lineouts won12/16
9/9Mauls won0/0
9Turnovers won3
7Penalties conceded5
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 3/3, penalties 2/2 · FIJ conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2. 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. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Danie RossouwNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Frans SteynCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Gary BothaBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Johan MullerBench
  19. 19Wickus van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Andre PretoriusBench
  22. 22Wynand OlivierBench

Fiji

  1. 1Graham DewesProp
  2. 2Sunia KotoHooker
  3. 3Henry QiodravuProp
  4. 4Kele LeawereSecond row
  5. 5Ifereimi RawaqaSecond row
  6. 6Semisi NaevoFlanker
  7. 7Akapusi QeraFlanker
  8. 8Sisa KoyamaiboleNumber 8
  9. 9Mosese RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Seremaia BaikeinukuFly-half
  11. 11Sireli BoboWing
  12. 12Seru RabeniCentre
  13. 13Kameli RatuvouCentre
  14. 14Vilimoni DelasauWing
  15. 15Norman LigairiFull-back
  16. 16Bill GadoloBench
  17. 17Jone RailomoBench
  18. 18Aca RatuvaBench
  19. 19Wame LewaravuBench
  20. 20Jone DaunivucuBench
  21. 21Waisea Sedre LuveniyaliBench
  22. 22Gabiriele LovobalavuBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Fiji in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Fiji 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.