TheBreakdown
Full time5 September 2009
Australia
21–6
South Africa
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tri Nations 2009Head-to-head

Australia won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–0
  2. 28’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau6–0
  3. 30’DSouth Africa drop goal · Morne Steyn6–3
  4. 36’DAustralia drop goal · Matt Giteau9–3
  5. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn9–6
  6. 64’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper14–6
  7. 65’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau16–6
  8. 77’TAustralia try · James O'Connor21–6

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Mark ChisholmSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8George SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15James O'ConnorFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Pek CowanBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19Wycliff PaluBench
  20. 20Luke BurgessBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22Peter HynesBench

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. 14Odwa NdunganeWing
  15. 15Ruan PienaarFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Danie RossouwBench
  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

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.