Full time13 July 1963
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1963Head-to-head
South Africa won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Keith Oxlee2–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee5–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee8–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Gert Cilliers11–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Tommy Bedford14–0
- –TAustralia try · Kenneth McMullen14–3
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Abie MalanHooker
- 3Dick PutterProp
- 4Frik Du PreezSecond row
- 5Avril MalanSecond row
- 6Lofty NelFlanker
- 7Tommy BedfordFlanker
- 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
- 9Pieter UysScrum-half
- 10Keith OxleeFly-half
- 11Trix TruterWing
- 12John GainsfordCentre
- 13Dave StewartCentre
- 14Gert CilliersWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-back
Australia
- 1Jonathan WhiteProp
- 2Peter JohnsonHooker
- 3John FreedmanProp
- 4John ThornettSecond row
- 5James MillerSecond row
- 6Ted HeinrichFlanker
- 7Greg DavisFlanker
- 8John O'GormanNumber 8
- 9Kenneth McMullenScrum-half
- 10Phillip HawthorneFly-half
- 11Jim BoyceWing
- 12Beresford EllwoodCentre
- 13Peter JonesCentre
- 14John WilliamsWing
- 15Peter RyanFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 12 August 1961, South Africa 23–11 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 10 August 1963
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.