Full time19 June 1965
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1965Head-to-head
Australia won by 7 points.
Scoring
- –PAustralia penalty · Beresford Ellwood3–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Beresford Ellwood6–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Beresford Ellwood9–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Beresford Ellwood12–0
- –TAustralia try · James Lenehan15–0
- –TAustralia try · Stewart Boyce18–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Tiny Naude18–2
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Tiny Naude18–5
- –TSouth Africa try · Jannie Engelbrecht18–8
- –TSouth Africa try · Jannie Engelbrecht18–11
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Jonathan WhiteProp
- 2Peter JohnsonHooker
- 3John ThornettProp
- 4Robin HemingSecond row
- 5Peter CrittleSecond row
- 6John O'GormanFlanker
- 7Greg DavisFlanker
- 8David ShepherdNumber 8
- 9Ken CatchpoleScrum-half
- 10Phillip HawthorneFly-half
- 11Jim BoyceWing
- 12Beresford EllwoodCentre
- 13Richard MarksCentre
- 14Stewart BoyceWing
- 15James LenehanFull-back
South Africa
- 1Hambly ParkerProp
- 2Abie MalanHooker
- 3Andy MacDonaldProp
- 4Piet BothaSecond row
- 5Tiny NaudeSecond row
- 6Frik Du PreezFlanker
- 7Haas SchoemanFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Nelie SmithScrum-half
- 10Jannie BarnardFly-half
- 11Gertjie BrynardWing
- 12John GainsfordCentre
- 13Mannetjies RouxCentre
- 14Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-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: 7 September 1963, Australia 6–22 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 26 June 1965
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.