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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London · 7 October 2015Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 64 points.Half-time 14–0 · Tries 10–0

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3′15′72742475359616973842927Attacks610Ball won87144224516212948381384246952%Own 2238%Own half56%Opp half77%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA13710
USA13430
← USA 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
7′South AfricaTry, Damian de Allende, converted5–0
27′South AfricaTry, converted12–0
42′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted19–0
47′South AfricaTry, Bismarck Du Plessis, conversion missed26–0
53′South AfricaTry, Francois Louw, converted31–0
59′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted38–0
61′South AfricaTry, Bryan Habana, converted45–0
69′South AfricaTry, Francois Louw, conversion missed52–0
73′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, conversion missed57–0
84′South AfricaTry, Lwazi Mvovo, converted62–0
3′USAPenalty goal missed
15′USAPenalty goal missed
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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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′
7′Damian de Allende27′RSA42′Bryan Habana47′Bismarck Du Plessis53′Francois Louw59′Bryan Habana61′Bryan Habana69′Francois Louw73′Jesse Kriel84′Lwazi Mvovo
RSA

Team stats

USA
54%Possession46%
61%Territory39%
119Carries97
561Metres gained299
13Clean breaks3
30Defenders beaten10
156Passes129
7Offloads2
137Tackles made134
10Tackles missed30
84/86Rucks won81/87
15/16Lineouts won10/10
9/10Scrums won6/6
8/10Mauls won0/0
10Turnovers won2
11Penalties conceded17
34Kicks from hand28
488Kick metres362
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 7/10, penalties 0/0 · USA conversions 0/0, penalties 0/2. 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. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  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. 11Lwazi MvovoWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Schalk BritsBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Coenie OosthuizenBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

USA

  1. 1Olive KilifiProp
  2. 2Phil ThielHooker
  3. 3Chris BaumannProp
  4. 4Louis StanfillSecond row
  5. 5Matthew TrouvilleSecond row
  6. 6Danny BarrettFlanker
  7. 7John QuillFlanker
  8. 8Samu ManoaNumber 8
  9. 9Niku KrugerScrum-half
  10. 10Shalom SuniulaFly-half
  11. 11Zack TestWing
  12. 12Andrew SuniulaCentre
  13. 13Folau NiuaCentre
  14. 14Brett ThompsonWing
  15. 15Blaine ScullyFull-back
  16. 16Joe TaufeteeBench
  17. 17Zach FenoglioBench
  18. 18Matekitonga MoeakiolaBench
  19. 19Titi LamositeleBench
  20. 20Cam DolanBench
  21. 21Al McFarlandBench
  22. 22Mike PetriBench
  23. 23Chris WylesBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 4–0 USA in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
USA 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.