TheBreakdown
Full time20 September 1969
South Africa
19–8
Australia
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 1969Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie7–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie10–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Eben Olivier13–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Eben Olivier16–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Mannetjies Roux19–0
  8. –CAustralia conversion · John Ballesty19–2
  9. –PAustralia penalty · John Ballesty19–5
  10. –TAustralia try · Stephen Knight19–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Mof MyburghProp
  2. 2Gys PitzerHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Andre De WetSecond 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. 14Gert MullerWing
  15. 15HO De VilliersFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Jim RoxburghProp
  2. 2Paul DarvenizaHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Norman ReillySecond row
  5. 5Alan SkinnerSecond row
  6. 6Barry McDonaldFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Hugh RoseNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10John BallestyFly-half
  11. 11Terry FormanWing
  12. 12Barry HonanCentre
  13. 13Stephen KnightCentre
  14. 14John ColeWing
  15. 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

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.