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Full time20 November 2010
Scotland
21–17
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 2010Head-to-head

Scotland won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn0–3
  2. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn0–6
  3. 18’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks3–6
  4. 21’DScotland drop goal · Dan Parks6–6
  5. 26’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks9–6
  6. 32’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks12–6
  7. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn12–9
  8. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn12–12
  9. 55’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks15–12
  10. 65’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks18–12
  11. 69’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks21–12
  12. 72’TSouth Africa try · Willem Alberts21–17

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Allan JacobsenProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Euan MurrayProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Scott MacLeodSecond row
  6. 6Nathan HinesFlanker
  7. 7John BarclayFlanker
  8. 8Kelly BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Rory LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Dan ParksFly-half
  11. 11Sean LamontWing
  12. 12Graeme MorrisonCentre
  13. 13Joe AnsbroCentre
  14. 14Nikki WalkerWing
  15. 15Hugo SouthwellFull-back
  16. 16Dougie HallBench
  17. 17Moray LowBench
  18. 18Richie VernonBench
  19. 19Ross RennieBench
  20. 20Greig LaidlawBench
  21. 21Ruaridh JacksonBench
  22. 22Chris PatersonBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Deon StegmannFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Ryan KankowskiNumber 8
  9. 9Francois HougaardScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Lwazi MvovoWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Frans SteynCentre
  14. 14Gio AplonWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Willem AlbertsBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Pat LambieBench
  22. 22Adi JacobsBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.