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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · St James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne · 3 October 2015Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 18 points.Half-time 20–3 · Tries 3–1 · RSA 1 yellow card · SCO 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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17′27′30′34′45′60′62′68′133849734022Attacks89Ball won9119322581918555211103638965%Own 2232%Own half69%Opp half75%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA11911
SCO16617
← Scotland attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
13′South AfricaTry, Schalk Burger, converted5–0
38′South AfricaTry, JP Pietersen, converted18–3
49′ScotlandTry, Tommy Seymour, converted20–11
73′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, conversion missed34–16
17′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
27′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
30′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
34′ScotlandPenalty goal missed
45′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
51′South AfricaDrop goal scored
60′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
62′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
68′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 1 SCO card
13′Schalk Burger38′JP Pietersen49′Tommy Seymour73′Bryan Habana
RSA

Team stats

SCO
56%Possession44%
60%Territory40%
131Carries101
435Metres gained350
5Clean breaks2
17Defenders beaten11
156Passes121
4Offloads5
119Tackles made166
11Tackles missed17
102/103Rucks won79/83
7/9Lineouts won12/15
7/7Scrums won0/2
5/5Mauls won2/4
6Turnovers won4
11Penalties conceded8
41Kicks from hand29
452Kick metres550
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/3, penalties 4/4 · SCO conversions 1/1, penalties 3/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Frans MalherbeBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

Scotland

  1. 1Gordon ReidProp
  2. 2Fraser BrownHooker
  3. 3WP NelProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Jonny GraySecond row
  6. 6Josh StraussFlanker
  7. 7Blair CowanFlanker
  8. 8David DentonNumber 8
  9. 9Greig LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Duncan WeirFly-half
  11. 11Tim VisserWing
  12. 12Matt ScottCentre
  13. 13Richie VernonCentre
  14. 14Tommy SeymourWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Ross FordBench
  17. 17Alasdair DickinsonBench
  18. 18Jon WelshBench
  19. 19Tim SwinsonBench
  20. 20Ryan WilsonBench
  21. 21Sam Hidalgo-ClyneBench
  22. 22Pete HorneBench
  23. 23Sean LamontBench

Match officials

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Context

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

South Africa going in
Scotland 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.