Full time6 September 1969
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1969Head-to-head
South Africa won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie2–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie5–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Piet Visagie8–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Jan Ellis11–0
- –PAustralia penalty · John Ballesty11–3
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Mof MyburghProp
- 2Gys PitzerHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Andre De WetSecond row
- 5Gawie CarelseSecond row
- 6Jan EllisFlanker
- 7Piet GreylingFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Dirk de VosScrum-half
- 10Piet VisagieFly-half
- 11Syd NomisWing
- 12Mannetjies RouxCentre
- 13Eben OlivierCentre
- 14Gert MullerWing
- 15HO De VilliersFull-back
Australia
- 1Jim RoxburghProp
- 2Paul DarvenizaHooker
- 3Roy ProsserProp
- 4Stuart GregorySecond row
- 5Norman ReillySecond row
- 6Rodney KelleherFlanker
- 7Greg DavisFlanker
- 8Hugh RoseNumber 8
- 9John HipwellScrum-half
- 10Rupert RosenblumFly-half
- 11Terry FormanWing
- 12John BallestyCentre
- 13Barry HonanCentre
- 14John ColeWing
- 15Arthur McGillFull-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: 16 August 1969, South Africa 16–9 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 20 September 1969
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.