TheBreakdown
Full time2 June 1956
Australia
0–9
South Africa
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1956Head-to-head

South Africa won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –TSouth Africa try · Daan Retief0–3
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Roy Dryburgh0–6
  3. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Tom Van Vollenhoven0–9

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
  2. 2James BrownHooker
  3. 3Colin ForbesProp
  4. 4Tony MillerSecond row
  5. 5Alan CameronSecond row
  6. 6Keith CrossFlanker
  7. 7John ThornettFlanker
  8. 8Norman HughesNumber 8
  9. 9Brian CoxScrum-half
  10. 10Cyril BurkeFly-half
  11. 11Barry RobertsWing
  12. 12Saxon WhiteCentre
  13. 13James PhippsCentre
  14. 14Roderick PhelpsWing
  15. 15John O'NeillFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Harry WalkerProp
  2. 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
  3. 3Jaap BekkerProp
  4. 4Johan ClaassenSecond row
  5. 5Salty Du RandSecond row
  6. 6Dawie AckermannFlanker
  7. 7Daan RetiefFlanker
  8. 8Butch LochnerNumber 8
  9. 9Popeye StrydomScrum-half
  10. 10Basie ViviersFly-half
  11. 11Tom Van VollenhovenWing
  12. 12Jeremy NelCentre
  13. 13Pat MontiniCentre
  14. 14Roy DryburghWing
  15. 15Johnny BuchlerFull-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

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.