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Full time6 December 1997
Scotland
10–68
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 58 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Rowan Shepherd2–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd5–0
  3. –TScotland try · Derek Stark10–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–2
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–4
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–6
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–8
  8. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–10
  9. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–12
  10. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–14
  11. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–16
  12. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer10–18
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery10–23
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery10–28
  15. –TSouth Africa try · James Small10–33
  16. –TSouth Africa try · James Small10–38
  17. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman10–43
  18. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw10–48
  19. –TSouth Africa try · Rassie Erasmus10–53
  20. –TSouth Africa try · Gary Teichmann10–58
  21. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Venter10–63
  22. –TSouth Africa try · Franco Smith10–68

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David HiltonProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Stewart CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Scott MurraySecond row
  6. 6Rob WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Ian SmithFlanker
  8. 8Eric PetersNumber 8
  9. 9Andy NicolScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Derek StarkWing
  12. 12Craig ChalmersCentre
  13. 13Tony StangerCentre
  14. 14Craig JoinerWing
  15. 15Rowan ShepherdFull-back
  16. 16Kenny LoganBench
  17. 17Duncan HodgeBench
  18. 18Gary ArmstrongBench
  19. 19Peter WaltonBench
  20. 20George GrahamBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  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. 9Werner SwanepoelScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Dick MuirCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Justin SwartBench
  17. 17Franco SmithBench
  18. 18Dan van ZylBench
  19. 19Andy AitkenBench
  20. 20Willie MeyerBench
  21. 21Naka DrotskeBench

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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

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.