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Full time29 September 2012
South Africa
31–8
Australia
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2012Head-to-head

South Africa won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. 23’TSouth Africa try · Zane Kirchner5–0
  2. 24’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar7–0
  3. 30’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana12–0
  4. 31’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar14–0
  5. 36’PAustralia penalty · Kurtley Beale14–3
  6. 55’TSouth Africa try · Francois Louw19–3
  7. 62’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana24–3
  8. 63’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar26–3
  9. 67’TAustralia try · Mike Harris26–8
  10. 80’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana31–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Andries BekkerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Johan GoosenFly-half
  11. 11Francois HougaardWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaco TauteCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Tiaan LiebenbergBench
  17. 17Patric CilliersBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Marcell CoetzeeBench
  20. 20Elton JantjiesBench
  21. 21Juan de JonghBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Kane DouglasSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dave DennisFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Radike SamoNumber 8
  9. 9Nick PhippsScrum-half
  10. 10Kurtley BealeFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Pat McCabeCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Dom ShipperleyWing
  15. 15Berrick BarnesFull-back
  16. 16Saia FaingaaBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Rob SimmonsBench
  19. 19Liam GillBench
  20. 20Brett SheehanBench
  21. 21Mike HarrisBench
  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.