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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · North Harbour Stadium, North Harbour · 22 September 2011Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 87 points.Half-time 31–0 · Tries 12–0

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722303849616365687178809311Attacks234Ball won6512616401348835211042744989%Own 2234%Own half60%Opp half79%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA649
NAM9934
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA12/121/10
NAM0/00/00
← Namibia attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
7′South AfricaTry, Gio Aplon, converted8–0
22′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted15–0
30′South AfricaTry, converted22–0
38′South AfricaTry, Jaque Fourie, converted29–0
49′South AfricaTry, Frans Steyn, converted36–0
61′South AfricaTry, Morne Steyn, converted43–0
63′South AfricaTry, Juan de Jongh, converted50–0
65′South AfricaTry, Gio Aplon, converted57–0
68′South AfricaTry, Francois Hougaard, converted64–0
71′South AfricaTry, Juan de Jongh, converted71–0
78′South AfricaTry, Danie Rossouw, converted78–0
80′South AfricaTry, Francois Hougaard, converted85–0
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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023456890HT0′20′40′60′80′
7′Gio Aplon22′Bryan Habana30′RSA38′Jaque Fourie49′Frans Steyn61′Morne Steyn63′Juan de Jongh65′Gio Aplon68′Francois Hougaard71′Juan de Jongh78′Danie Rossouw80′Francois Hougaard
RSA

Team stats

NAM
61%Possession39%
65%Territory35%
121Carries64
927Metres gained218
34Defenders beaten9
171Passes92
64Tackles made99
9Tackles missed34
72/74Rucks won47/49
14/16Lineouts won8/12
8/8Mauls won1/1
6Penalties conceded15
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 12/12, penalties 1/1 · NAM conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Danie RossouwSecond row
  6. 6Willem AlbertsFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Francois HougaardScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Frans SteynCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Gio AplonWing
  15. 15Pat LambieFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Tendai MtawariraBench
  18. 18Francois LouwBench
  19. 19Heinrich BrussowBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Juan de JonghBench

Namibia

  1. 1Johnny RedelinghuysProp
  2. 2Bertus O'CallaghanHooker
  3. 3Marius VisserProp
  4. 4Heinz KollSecond row
  5. 5Nico EsterhuyseSecond row
  6. 6Tinus Du PlessisFlanker
  7. 7Jacques BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Jacques NieuwenhuisNumber 8
  9. 9Eugene JantjiesScrum-half
  10. 10Theuns KotzeFly-half
  11. 11Heine BockWing
  12. 12Piet Van ZylCentre
  13. 13Danie Van WykCentre
  14. 14Danie DamesWing
  15. 15Chrysander BothaFull-back
  16. 16Hugo HornBench
  17. 17Jané Du ToitBench
  18. 18Pieter-Jan Van LillBench
  19. 19Rohan KitshoffBench
  20. 20Ryan De La HarpeBench
  21. 21Darryl De La HarpeBench
  22. 22Conrad MaraisBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Namibia in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Namibia 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.