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Full time13 August 2011
South Africa
9–14
Australia
Kings Park, Durban, South Africa · Tri Nations 2011Head-to-head

Australia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn3–0
  2. 17’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James6–0
  3. 45’PAustralia penalty · James O'Connor6–3
  4. 49’TAustralia try · Pat McCabe6–8
  5. 59’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James9–8
  6. 67’PAustralia penalty · James O'Connor9–11
  7. 75’PAustralia penalty · James O'Connor9–14

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Gerhard MostertBench
  19. 19Jean DeyselBench
  20. 20Francois HougaardBench
  21. 21Morne SteynBench
  22. 22Gio AplonBench

Australia

  1. 1Sekope KepuProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Scott HigginbothamNumber 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. 17Salesi Ma'afuBench
  18. 18Sitaleki TimaniBench
  19. 19Ben McCalmanBench
  20. 20Radike SamoBench
  21. 21Luke BurgessBench
  22. 22Anthony FaingaaBench

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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.