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Full time17 July 1971
Australia
11–19
South Africa
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1971Head-to-head

South Africa won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Arthur McGill5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Arthur McGill8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Robert McLean11–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Ian McCallum11–2
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Ian McCallum11–4
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Ian McCallum11–7
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Joggie Viljoen11–10
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Hannes Viljoen11–13
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Jan Ellis11–16
  11. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Piet Visagie11–19

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Jake HowardProp
  2. 2Peter JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5Stuart GregorySecond row
  6. 6Peter SullivanFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Robert McLeanNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Geoffrey RichardsonFly-half
  11. 11John TaylorWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13Stephen KnightCentre
  14. 14John ColeWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-back
  16. 16Gareth GreyBench
  17. 17David BurnetBench
  18. 18Rodney KelleherBench
  19. 19Keith BellBench

South Africa

  1. 1Theo SauermannProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Frik Du PreezSecond row
  5. 5John WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Piet GreylingFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Joggie ViljoenScrum-half
  10. 10Piet VisagieFly-half
  11. 11Hannes ViljoenWing
  12. 12Peter CronjeCentre
  13. 13Joggie JansenCentre
  14. 14Syd NomisWing
  15. 15Ian McCallumFull-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

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.