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Full time23 July 2011
Australia
39–20
South Africa
ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tri Nations 2011Head-to-head

Australia won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’TAustralia try · Ben Alexander5–0
  2. 10’CAustralia conversion · James O'Connor7–0
  3. 12’TAustralia try · Digby Ioane12–0
  4. 31’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn12–3
  5. 37’PAustralia penalty · James O'Connor15–3
  6. 43’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn15–6
  7. 44’TAustralia try · James O'Connor20–6
  8. 46’CAustralia conversion · James O'Connor22–6
  9. 49’TAustralia try · Stephen Moore27–6
  10. 50’CAustralia conversion · James O'Connor29–6
  11. 53’PAustralia penalty · James O'Connor32–6
  12. 56’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper37–6
  13. 57’CAustralia conversion · James O'Connor39–6
  14. 60’TSouth Africa try · Chiliboy Ralepelle39–11
  15. 61’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie39–13
  16. 77’TSouth Africa try · John Smit39–18
  17. 78’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie39–20

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Sekope KepuProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Rob SimmonsSecond row
  5. 5James HorwillSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Ben McCalmanNumber 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. 16Saia FaingaaBench
  17. 17Pek CowanBench
  18. 18Nathan SharpeBench
  19. 19Matt HodgsonBench
  20. 20Scott HigginbothamBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Anthony FaingaaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Dean GreylingProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Werner KrugerProp
  4. 4Flip Van Der MerweSecond row
  5. 5Alistair HargreavesSecond row
  6. 6Deon StegmannFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Ashley JohnsonNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Lwazi MvovoWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Juan de JonghCentre
  14. 14Bjorn BassonWing
  15. 15Gio AplonFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Ryan KankowskiBench
  19. 19Jean DeyselBench
  20. 20Charl McLeodBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench

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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.