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Full time10 June 1997
South Africa
74–10
Tonga
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 64 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe6–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe8–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe10–0
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe12–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Edrich Lubbe14–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · James Small19–0
  9. –TSouth Africa try · James Small24–0
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman29–0
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman34–0
  12. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman39–0
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen44–0
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Naka Drotske49–0
  15. –TSouth Africa try · Adrian Garvey54–0
  16. –TSouth Africa try · Adrian Garvey59–0
  17. –TSouth Africa try · Fritz Van Heerden64–0
  18. –TSouth Africa try · Ruben Kruger69–0
  19. –TSouth Africa try · Ruben Kruger74–0
  20. –CTonga conversion · Siua Taumalolo74–2
  21. –PTonga penalty · Kusitafu Tonga74–5
  22. –TTonga try · Ngalu Taufo'ou74–10

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Fritz Van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Hannes StrydomSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Andre SnymanWing
  12. 12Edrich LubbeCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Boeta WesselsBench
  17. 17Russell BennettBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Mark AndrewsBench
  20. 20James DaltonBench
  21. 21Dawie TheronBench

Tonga

  1. 1Ngalu Taufo'ouProp
  2. 2Feao VunipolaHooker
  3. 3Heamani LavakaProp
  4. 4Alipate Ta'ufo'ouSecond row
  5. 5Kuli FaletauSecond row
  6. 6Maama MolitikaFlanker
  7. 7Talanoa TohiFlanker
  8. 8Katilimoni Tu'ipulotuNumber 8
  9. 9Manu VunipolaScrum-half
  10. 10Siua TaumaloloFly-half
  11. 11Simana Mafile'oWing
  12. 12Viliami UhiCentre
  13. 13Chris SchaumkelCentre
  14. 14Semisi Faka 'osi'folauWing
  15. 15Kusitafu TongaFull-back
  16. 16Semi TulikifangaBench
  17. 18Finaulahi FinefeuiakiBench
  18. 19Tau'alupe SialeBench

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Context

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

South Africa going in
Tonga 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.