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Full time23 August 2008
South Africa
15–27
Australia
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tri Nations 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–3
  2. 28’TAustralia try · Benn Robinson0–8
  3. 29’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau0–10
  4. 45’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James3–10
  5. 51’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–13
  6. 62’TAustralia try · Lote Tuqiri3–18
  7. 63’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau3–20
  8. 66’TSouth Africa try · Adi Jacobs8–20
  9. 67’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–20
  10. 68’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock10–25
  11. 69’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau10–27
  12. 72’TSouth Africa try · Adi Jacobs15–27

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Andries BekkerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Jongi NokweWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Brian MujatiBench
  18. 18Joe Van NiekerkBench
  19. 19Luke WatsonBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Matt DunningProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Sam CordingleyScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Drew MitchellFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19Phil WaughBench
  20. 20Brett SheehanBench
  21. 21Timana TahuBench
  22. 22Ryan CrossBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 55–41 Australia, 3 drawn in 99 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Australia 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.