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Full time17 November 2012
Scotland
10–21
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 2012Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie0–3
  2. 11’PScotland penalty · Greig Laidlaw3–3
  3. 15’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie3–6
  4. 22’TSouth Africa try · Adriaan Strauss3–11
  5. 33’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie3–14
  6. 47’TSouth Africa try · Adriaan Strauss3–19
  7. 48’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie3–21
  8. 52’TScotland try · Henry Pyrgos8–21
  9. 53’CScotland conversion · Greig Laidlaw10–21

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ryan GrantProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Euan MurrayProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Jim HamiltonSecond row
  6. 6Kelly BrownFlanker
  7. 7John BarclayFlanker
  8. 8David DentonNumber 8
  9. 9Mike BlairScrum-half
  10. 10Greig LaidlawFly-half
  11. 11Tim VisserWing
  12. 12Matt ScottCentre
  13. 13Nick De LucaCentre
  14. 14Sean LamontWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Dougie HallBench
  17. 17Kyle TraynorBench
  18. 18Geoff CrossBench
  19. 19Alastair KellockBench
  20. 20Stuart McInallyBench
  21. 21Henry PyrgosBench
  22. 22Ruaridh JacksonBench
  23. 23Peter MurchieBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Juandre KrugerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Pat LambieFly-half
  11. 11Francois HougaardWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Juan de JonghCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Schalk BritsBench
  17. 17Heinke van der MerweBench
  18. 18CJ Van Der LindeBench
  19. 19Flip Van Der MerweBench
  20. 20Marcell CoetzeeBench
  21. 21Morne SteynBench
  22. 22Jaco TauteBench
  23. 23Lwazi MvovoBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
South Africa going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.