TheBreakdown
Full time18 July 1998
Australia
13–14
South Africa
Subiaco Oval, Perth | Boorloo, Australia · Tri Nations 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–3
  2. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–6
  3. 1’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen0–11
  4. 3’TAustralia try · Ben Tune5–11
  5. 10’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery5–14
  6. 57’TAustralia try · George Gregan10–14
  7. 83’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke13–14

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Tom BowmanSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Damian SmithBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 18Chris WhitakerBench
  19. 19Willie OfahengaueBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Glenn PanohoBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Pieter MullerCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Chester WilliamsBench
  17. 17Franco SmithBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Andy AitkenBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Naka DrotskeBench

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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.