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Full time8 September 2012
Australia
26–19
South Africa
Patersons Stadium, Perth | Boorloo, Australia · The Rugby Championship 2012Head-to-head

Australia won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn0–3
  2. 18’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes3–3
  3. 21’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana3–8
  4. 22’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn3–10
  5. 27’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn3–13
  6. 30’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes6–13
  7. 49’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes9–13
  8. 56’TAustralia try · Scott Higginbotham14–13
  9. 57’CAustralia conversion · Berrick Barnes16–13
  10. 61’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn16–16
  11. 64’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes19–16
  12. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn19–19
  13. 70’TAustralia try · Ben Alexander24–19
  14. 71’CAustralia conversion · Berrick Barnes26–19

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Sitaleki TimaniSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dave DennisFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Radike SamoNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Dom ShipperleyWing
  15. 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
  16. 16Saia FaingaaBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Scott HigginbothamBench
  19. 19Liam GillBench
  20. 20Nick PhippsBench
  21. 21Mike HarrisBench
  22. 22Anthony FaingaaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Juandre KrugerSecond row
  6. 6Marcell CoetzeeFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Francois HougaardWing
  12. 12Frans SteynCentre
  13. 13Jean De VilliersCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Tiaan LiebenbergBench
  17. 17Patric CilliersBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Francois LouwBench
  20. 20Johan GoosenBench
  21. 21Pat LambieBench
  22. 22Lwazi MvovoBench

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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.