TheBreakdown
Full time3 August 1996
South Africa
25–19
Australia
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tri Nations 1996Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Joel Stransky2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky8–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky11–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky14–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky17–0
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky20–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Joel Stransky25–0
  9. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales25–2
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke25–5
  11. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales25–8
  12. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales25–11
  13. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales25–14
  14. –TAustralia try · Ben Tune25–19

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John AllanHooker
  3. 3Balie SwartProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Francois PienaarFlanker
  7. 7Ruben KrugerFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Johan RouxScrum-half
  10. 10Joel StranskyFly-half
  11. 11Pieter HendriksWing
  12. 12Brendan VenterCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14Justin SwartWing
  15. 15James SmallFull-back
  16. 16Vlok CilliersBench
  17. 17Danie van SchalkwykBench
  18. 18Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  19. 19Hannes StrydomBench
  20. 20Dawie TheronBench
  21. 21Henry TrompBench

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew HeathProp
  4. 4John WelbornSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6David WilsonFlanker
  7. 7Michael BrialFlanker
  8. 8Tim GavinNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Scott BowenFly-half
  11. 11Ben TuneWing
  12. 12Pat HowardCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14David CampeseWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Joe RoffBench
  17. 17Richard TombsBench
  18. 18Sam PayneBench
  19. 21Marco CaputoBench

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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.