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Full time15 November 2008
Scotland
10–14
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 29’PScotland penalty · Phil Godman3–0
  2. 40’TScotland try · Nathan Hines8–0
  3. 41’CScotland conversion · Phil Godman10–0
  4. 47’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar10–3
  5. 56’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar10–6
  6. 58’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie10–11
  7. 67’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar10–14

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Allan JacobsenProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Euan MurrayProp
  4. 4Nathan HinesSecond row
  5. 5Jim HamiltonSecond row
  6. 6Jason WhiteFlanker
  7. 7John BarclayFlanker
  8. 8Allister HoggNumber 8
  9. 9Mike BlairScrum-half
  10. 10Phil GodmanFly-half
  11. 11Rory LamontWing
  12. 12Nick De LucaCentre
  13. 13Ben CairnsCentre
  14. 14Thom EvansWing
  15. 15Chris PatersonFull-back
  16. 16Dougie HallBench
  17. 17Alasdair DickinsonBench
  18. 18Matt MustchinBench
  19. 19Scott GrayBench
  20. 20Rory LawsonBench
  21. 21Dan ParksBench
  22. 22Hugo SouthwellBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Ruan PienaarFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Brian MujatiBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Ryan KankowskiBench
  20. 20Danie RossouwBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Jaque FourieBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
South Africa 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.