Full time24 August 1963
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1963Head-to-head
Australia won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Nelie Smith3–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Nelie Smith6–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Nelie Smith9–0
- –CAustralia conversion · Terry Casey9–2
- –PAustralia penalty · Terry Casey9–5
- –TAustralia try · John Williams9–8
- –DAustralia drop goal · Terry Casey9–11
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Ronnie HillHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Stompie Van der MerweSecond row
- 5Avril MalanSecond row
- 6Haas SchoemanFlanker
- 7Tommy BedfordFlanker
- 8Poens PrinslooNumber 8
- 9Nelie SmithScrum-half
- 10Norman RileyFly-half
- 11Gert CilliersWing
- 12John GainsfordCentre
- 13Dave StewartCentre
- 14Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-back
Australia
- 1Jonathan WhiteProp
- 2Peter JohnsonHooker
- 3John ThornettProp
- 4Robin HemingSecond row
- 5Peter CrittleSecond row
- 6Jules GuerassimoffFlanker
- 7Greg DavisFlanker
- 8John O'GormanNumber 8
- 9Ken CatchpoleScrum-half
- 10Phillip HawthorneFly-half
- 11Jim BoyceWing
- 12Beresford EllwoodCentre
- 13Richard MarksCentre
- 14John WilliamsWing
- 15Terry CaseyFull-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: 10 August 1963, South Africa 5–9 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 7 September 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.