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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth · 3 June 1995Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 20 points.Half-time 17–0 · Tries 2–0

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2835
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Tacklesmademissed
RSA11126
CAN378
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA2/22/30
CAN0/00/00
← Canada attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
28′South AfricaTry, Adriaan Richter, converted8–0
35′South AfricaTry, Adriaan Richter, converted15–0
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 2 CAN cards
28′Adriaan Richter35′Adriaan Richter
RSA

Team stats

CAN
100%Possession0%
53Carries136
210Metres gained547
5Clean breaks8
8Defenders beaten26
59Passes155
3Offloads14
111Tackles made37
26Tackles missed8
24/26Rucks won54/69
15/21Lineouts won15/21
17/18Scrums won17/17
11/12Mauls won12/16
15Penalties conceded10
58Kicks from hand42
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/2, penalties 2/3 · CAN conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Garry PagelProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Kobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Hannes StrydomSecond row
  6. 6Francois PienaarFlanker
  7. 7Robbie BrinkFlanker
  8. 8Adriaan RichterNumber 8
  9. 9Johan RouxScrum-half
  10. 10Joel StranskyFly-half
  11. 11Pieter HendriksWing
  12. 12Chris ScholtzCentre
  13. 13Brendan VenterCentre
  14. 14Gavin JohnsonWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  17. 17Hennie le RouxBench
  18. 18Krynauw OttoBench
  19. 19Japie MulderBench
  20. 20Os du RandtBench
  21. 21Chris RossouwBench

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Rod SnowProp
  4. 4Al CharronSecond row
  5. 5Glen EnnisSecond row
  6. 6Ian GordonFlanker
  7. 7Gordon MacKinnonFlanker
  8. 8Colin McKenzieNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Dave LougheedWing
  12. 12Steve GrayCentre
  13. 13Christian StewartCentre
  14. 14Winston StanleyWing
  15. 15Scott StewartFull-back
  16. 16Chris MichalukBench
  17. 17John HutchinsonBench
  18. 18Ron ToewsBench
  19. 19Al TynanBench
  20. 20Paul le BlancBench
  21. 21Karl SvobodaBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Canada in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Canada 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.