TheBreakdown
Full time23 August 1997
South Africa
61–22
Australia
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tri Nations 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 39 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer6–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer8–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer10–0
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer12–0
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer15–0
  8. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer18–0
  9. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer21–0
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery26–0
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery31–0
  12. –TSouth Africa try · Jannie de Beer36–0
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Rassie Erasmus41–0
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Warren Brosnihan46–0
  15. –TSouth Africa try · Mark Andrews51–0
  16. –TSouth Africa try · James Dalton56–0
  17. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw61–0
  18. –CAustralia conversion · David Knox61–2
  19. –CAustralia conversion · David Knox61–4
  20. –PAustralia penalty · David Knox61–7
  21. –TAustralia try · Jason Little61–12
  22. –TAustralia try · Joe Roff61–17
  23. –TAustralia try · David Knox61–22

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Hannes StrydomSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Warren BrosnihanFlanker
  7. 7Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Andre SnymanWing
  12. 12Henry HoniballCentre
  13. 13Percy MontgomeryCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Pieter RossouwBench
  17. 17Schutte BekkerBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Braam ElsBench
  20. 20Dawie TheronBench
  21. 21Naka DrotskeBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Owen FineganSecond row
  5. 5John LangfordSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Troy CokerNumber 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. 16Marco CaputoBench
  17. 17Andrew HeathBench
  18. 18Brett RobinsonBench
  19. 19Sam PayneBench
  20. 20Mitch HardyBench
  21. 21Toutai KefuBench

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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.