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Full time29 August 2009
Australia
25–32
South Africa
Subiaco Oval, Perth | Boorloo, Australia · Tri Nations 2009Head-to-head

South Africa won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TSouth Africa try · Fourie Du Preez0–5
  2. 7’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn0–7
  3. 11’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie0–12
  4. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn0–15
  5. 29’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–15
  6. 34’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana3–20
  7. 35’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn3–22
  8. 41’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau6–22
  9. 44’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau11–22
  10. 45’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau13–22
  11. 55’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana13–27
  12. 56’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn13–29
  13. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn13–32
  14. 76’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau18–32
  15. 81’TAustralia try · Lachie Turner23–32
  16. 82’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau25–32

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Mark ChisholmSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Richard BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Peter HynesWing
  12. 12Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  13. 13Ryan CrossCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15James O'ConnorFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19David PocockBench
  20. 20Will GeniaBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22Drew MitchellBench

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. 15Ruan PienaarFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Schalk BurgerBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Frans SteynBench

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Context

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

Australia going in
South Africa going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.