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Full time2 August 1969
South Africa
30–11
Australia
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1969Head-to-head

South Africa won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie2–0
  2. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie4–0
  3. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie6–0
  4. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie9–0
  5. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie12–0
  6. 1’TSouth Africa try · Syd Nomis15–0
  7. 1’TSouth Africa try · Mannetjies Roux18–0
  8. 1’TSouth Africa try · Syd Nomis21–0
  9. 1’TSouth Africa try · Piet Greyling24–0
  10. 1’TSouth Africa try · Jan Ellis27–0
  11. 1’CAustralia conversion · Rupert Rosenblum27–2
  12. 1’PAustralia penalty · Rupert Rosenblum27–5
  13. 1’PAustralia penalty · Rupert Rosenblum27–8
  14. 1’TAustralia try · Terry Forman27–11
  15. 10’PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie30–11

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Mof MyburghProp
  2. 2Don WaltonHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Frik Du PreezSecond row
  5. 5Gawie CarelseSecond row
  6. 6Jan EllisFlanker
  7. 7Piet GreylingFlanker
  8. 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
  9. 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Piet VisagieFly-half
  11. 11Syd NomisWing
  12. 12Mannetjies RouxCentre
  13. 13Eben OlivierCentre
  14. 14Jannie EngelbrechtWing
  15. 15HO De VilliersFull-back
  16. Pieter UysBench

Australia

  1. 1Jim RoxburghProp
  2. 2Bruce TaafeHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Stuart GregorySecond row
  5. 5Owen ButlerSecond row
  6. 6Norman ReillyFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Hugh RoseNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Rupert RosenblumFly-half
  11. 11Terry FormanWing
  12. 12Barry HonanCentre
  13. 13Philip SmithCentre
  14. 14John ColeWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-back
  16. Geoff ShawBench

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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

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.