TheBreakdown
Full time13 July 1996
Australia
21–16
South Africa
Aussie Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tri Nations 1996Head-to-head

Australia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke8–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke11–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Joe Roff16–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Tim Horan21–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball21–2
  8. –PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Joubert21–5
  9. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball21–8
  10. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball21–11
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Hendriks21–16

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Andrew HeathProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Dan CrowleyProp
  4. 4Garrick MorganSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Daniel ManuFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Pat HowardFly-half
  11. 11Ben TuneWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Joe RoffCentre
  14. 14David CampeseWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. Owen FineganBench
  17. Richard HarryBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John AllanHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Francois PienaarFlanker
  7. 7Ruben KrugerFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter HendriksWing
  12. 12Brendan VenterCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. Naka DrotskeBench
  17. Johan RouxBench

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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.