Full time27 June 1921
Royal Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1921Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CAustralia conversion · Otto Nothling2–0
- –TAustralia try · Edwin Carr5–0
- –TAustralia try · John Holdsworth8–0
- –TAustralia try · Thomas Davis11–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · IB de Villiers11–2
- –CSouth Africa conversion · IB de Villiers11–4
- –TSouth Africa try · Henry Morkel11–7
- –TSouth Africa try · Henry Morkel11–10
- –TSouth Africa try · Charlie Meyer11–13
- –TSouth Africa try · Charlie Meyer11–16
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Thomas DavisProp
- 2Duncan FowlesHooker
- 3Thomas SmithProp
- 4Walter FriendSecond row
- 5John HoldsworthSecond row
- 6Big George McKayFlanker
- 7Vivian DunnFlanker
- 8Joe ThornNumber 8
- 9Arthur WalkerScrum-half
- 10Norman MingayFly-half
- 11Roland RaymondWing
- 12Billy SheehanCentre
- 13Larry WoganCentre
- 14Edwin CarrWing
- 15Otto NothlingFull-back
South Africa
- 1Theo PienaarProp
- 2Theuns KrugerHooker
- 3Nic Du PlessisProp
- 4Baby MichauSecond row
- 5Tank Van RooyenSecond row
- 6Alf WalkerFlanker
- 7Tokkie ScholtzFlanker
- 8Fien OlivierNumber 8
- 9Mannetjies MichauScrum-half
- 10Sas De KockFly-half
- 11Attie Van HeerdenWing
- 12Charlie MeyerCentre
- 13Wally ClarksonCentre
- 14Henry MorkelWing
- 15IB de VilliersFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 25 June 1921, Australia 10–25 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 2 July 1921
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.