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Full time28 September 2013
South Africa
28–8
Australia
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2013Head-to-head

South Africa won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PAustralia penalty · Christian Leali'ifano0–3
  2. 10’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–3
  3. 14’TSouth Africa try · Adriaan Strauss8–3
  4. 15’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn10–3
  5. 16’TSouth Africa try · Zane Kirchner15–3
  6. 17’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn17–3
  7. 20’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn20–3
  8. 32’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn23–3
  9. 71’TSouth Africa try · Willie Le Roux28–3
  10. 78’TAustralia try · Chris Feauai28–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Flip Van Der MerweSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13JJ EngelbrechtCentre
  14. 14Willie Le RouxWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Coenie OosthuizenBench
  19. 19Juandre KrugerBench
  20. 20Siya KolisiBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Rob SimmonsSecond row
  5. 5James HorwillSecond row
  6. 6Scott FardyFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Ben MowenNumber 8
  9. 9Nic WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Joseph TomaneWing
  12. 12Christian Leali'ifanoCentre
  13. 13Tevita KuridraniCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Israel FolauFull-back
  16. 16Saia FaingaaBench
  17. 17Benn RobinsonBench
  18. 18Sekope KepuBench
  19. 19Sitaleki TimaniBench
  20. 20Ben McCalmanBench
  21. 21Will GeniaBench
  22. 22Matt ToomuaBench
  23. 23Chris FeauaiBench

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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.