TheBreakdown
Full time2 August 1997
Australia
32–20
South Africa
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tri Nations 1997Head-to-head

Australia won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · David Knox2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · David Knox4–0
  3. –CAustralia conversion · David Knox6–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · David Knox9–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · David Knox12–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham17–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Ben Tune22–0
  8. –TAustralia try · Ben Tune27–0
  9. –TAustralia try · Daniel Manu32–0
  10. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer32–2
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer32–5
  12. –TSouth Africa try · Jannie de Beer32–10
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Mark Andrews32–15
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Os du Randt32–20

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew HeathProp
  4. 4Owen FineganSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Daniel ManuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10David KnoxFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12James HolbeckCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Stephen LarkhamFull-back
  16. 16Elton FlatleyBench
  17. 17Sam PayneBench
  18. 19Brett RobinsonBench
  19. 20Andrew BladesBench
  20. 21Marco CaputoBench
  21. 22Troy CokerBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Dawie TheronProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Danie van SchalkwykCentre
  13. 13Percy MontgomeryCentre
  14. 14Andre SnymanWing
  15. 15Russell BennettFull-back
  16. 16James SmallBench
  17. 17Henry HoniballBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Fritz Van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Adrian GarveyBench
  21. 21James DaltonBench

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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.