TheBreakdown
Full time30 August 2008
South Africa
53–8
Australia
Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 45 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–3
  2. 10’TSouth Africa try · Andries Bekker5–3
  3. 11’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James7–3
  4. 14’TSouth Africa try · Jongi Nokwe12–3
  5. 27’TSouth Africa try · Jongi Nokwe17–3
  6. 32’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James20–3
  7. 37’TSouth Africa try · Jongi Nokwe25–3
  8. 38’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James27–3
  9. 46’TSouth Africa try · Adi Jacobs32–3
  10. 47’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James34–3
  11. 52’TSouth Africa try · Jongi Nokwe39–3
  12. 57’TAustralia try · Drew Mitchell39–8
  13. 70’TSouth Africa try · Ruan Pienaar44–8
  14. 71’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery46–8
  15. 80’TSouth Africa try · Odwa Ndungane51–8
  16. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery53–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Brian MujatiProp
  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. 14Odwa NdunganeWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Danie RossouwBench
  19. 19Luke WatsonBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Matt DunningProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Hugh McMenimanSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Sam CordingleyScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Timana TahuCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19George SmithBench
  20. 20Brett SheehanBench
  21. 21Ryan CrossBench
  22. 22Drew MitchellBench

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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.