Full time26 May 1956
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1956Head-to-head
South Africa won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Basie Viviers0–3
- –TSouth Africa try · Jeremy Nel0–6
- –TSouth Africa try · Daan Retief0–9
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 2James BrownHooker
- 3Colin ForbesProp
- 4Tony MillerSecond row
- 5Alan CameronSecond row
- 6Keith CrossFlanker
- 7John ThornettFlanker
- 8Norman HughesNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Ross SheilFly-half
- 11Garth JonesWing
- 12Saxon WhiteCentre
- 13James PhippsCentre
- 14Roderick PhelpsWing
- 15John O'NeillFull-back
South Africa
- 1Jaap BekkerProp
- 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
- 3Chris KochProp
- 4Johan ClaassenSecond row
- 5Salty Du RandSecond row
- 6Dawie AckermannFlanker
- 7Daan RetiefFlanker
- 8Butch LochnerNumber 8
- 9Popeye StrydomScrum-half
- 10Brian PfaffFly-half
- 11Paul JohnstoneWing
- 12Pat MontiniCentre
- 13Jeremy NelCentre
- 14Tom Van VollenhovenWing
- 15Basie ViviersFull-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: 26 September 1953, Australia 9–22 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 2 June 1956
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.