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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington · 9 October 2011Head-to-head
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Australia won by 2 points.Half-time 3–8 · Tries 0–1

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112111Attacks55Ball won12344331729512384378966311666%Own 2274%Own half71%Opp half57%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA567
AUS17317
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA0/02/41
AUS0/12/20
← Australia 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
11′AustraliaTry, James Horwill, conversion missed0–5
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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11′James Horwill
RSA

Team stats

AUS
67%Possession33%
75%Territory25%
155Carries60
448Metres gained311
17Defenders beaten7
218Passes75
56Tackles made173
7Tackles missed17
112/123Rucks won45/50
14/14Lineouts won7/11
7/7Mauls won1/1
4Penalties conceded6
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 0/0, penalties 2/4 · AUS conversions 0/1, penalties 2/2. 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. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Danie RossouwSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  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. 15Pat LambieFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Willem AlbertsBench
  19. 19Francois LouwBench
  20. 20Francois HougaardBench
  21. 21Butch JamesBench
  22. 22Gio AplonBench

Australia

  1. 1Sekope KepuProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5James HorwillSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Radike SamoNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Pat McCabeCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14James O'ConnorWing
  15. 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Nathan SharpeBench
  19. 19Ben McCalmanBench
  20. 20Luke BurgessBench
  21. 21Berrick BarnesBench
  22. 22Anthony FaingaaBench

Match officials

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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.