TheBreakdown
Full time22 August 1998
South Africa
29–15
Australia
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery2–0
  2. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery5–0
  3. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery8–0
  4. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery11–0
  5. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery14–0
  6. 1’TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad19–0
  7. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke19–3
  8. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke19–6
  9. 9’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery21–6
  10. 9’TSouth Africa try · Adrian Garvey26–6
  11. 15’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke26–9
  12. 29’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery29–9
  13. 36’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke29–12
  14. 39’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke29–15

Line-ups

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. 19Andy AitkenBench
  20. 20Bobby SkinstadBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Naka DrotskeBench

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. 16Chris WhitakerBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 18Jason LittleBench
  19. 19Willie OfahengaueBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Glenn PanohoBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

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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.