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Full time8 August 2009
South Africa
29–17
Australia
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tri Nations 2009Head-to-head

South Africa won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper0–5
  2. 4’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau0–7
  3. 10’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–7
  4. 13’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn6–7
  5. 15’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn9–7
  6. 16’DAustralia drop goal · Berrick Barnes9–10
  7. 23’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn12–10
  8. 26’DSouth Africa drop goal · Morne Steyn15–10
  9. 29’TSouth Africa try · Victor Matfield20–10
  10. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn23–10
  11. 56’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn26–10
  12. 67’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau26–15
  13. 68’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau26–17
  14. 81’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn29–17

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Adi JacobsBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Richard BrownFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Ben AlexanderBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19David PocockBench
  20. 20Will GeniaBench
  21. 21Peter HynesBench
  22. 22James O'ConnorBench

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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.