Full time6 December 1969
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1969Head-to-head
Scotland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Ian Smith3–0
- –TScotland try · Ian Smith6–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie6–3
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Frank LaidlawHooker
- 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
- 4Rodger ArneilSecond row
- 5Peter StaggSecond row
- 6Gordon BrownFlanker
- 7Wilson LauderFlanker
- 8Jim TelferNumber 8
- 9Dunc PatersonScrum-half
- 10Ian RobertsonFly-half
- 11Alistair BiggarWing
- 12John FrameCentre
- 13Chris ReaCentre
- 14Sandy HinshelwoodWing
- 15Ian SmithFull-back
- 16Brian SimmersBench
- 17JR MurchieBench
- 18Gordon ConnellBench
- 19Derek DeansBench
- 20Norman SuddonBench
- 21Alistair McHargBench
South Africa
- 1Tiny NeethlingProp
- 2Charlie CockrellHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Frik Du PreezSecond row
- 5Gawie CarelseSecond row
- 6Piet GreylingFlanker
- 7Jan EllisFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Dirk de VosScrum-half
- 10Piet VisagieFly-half
- 11Gert MullerWing
- 12Tonie RouxCentre
- 13Eben OlivierCentre
- 14Syd NomisWing
- 15HO De VilliersFull-back
- 16Mof MyburghBench
- 17Albie BatesBench
- 18Andy Van der WattBench
- 19Mike LawlessBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
South Africa going in
- Previous meeting: 17 April 1965, Scotland 8–5 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 19 November 1994
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.