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Full time21 November 1998
Scotland
10–35
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PScotland penalty · Duncan Hodge3–0
  2. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery3–2
  3. 1’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery3–4
  4. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–7
  5. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–10
  6. 1’TSouth Africa try · Stefan Terblanche3–15
  7. 1’TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman3–20
  8. 1’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw3–25
  9. 1’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen3–30
  10. 1’TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad3–35
  11. 27’CScotland conversion · Duncan Hodge5–35
  12. 27’TScotland try · Duncan Hodge10–35

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Paul BurnellProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Peter WaltonFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Eric PetersNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Duncan HodgeFly-half
  11. 11Cammie MurrayWing
  12. 12John LeslieCentre
  13. 13Jamie MayerCentre
  14. 14Alan TaitWing
  15. 15Derrick LeeFull-back
  16. 16Steve BrotherstoneBench
  17. 17David HiltonBench
  18. 18Stuart GrimesBench
  19. 19Martin LeslieBench
  20. 20Gary ArmstrongBench
  21. 21Gregor TownsendBench
  22. 22Kenny LoganBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Bobby SkinstadFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Christian StewartCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Naka DrotskeBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Andre VenterBench
  19. 19Corne KrigeBench
  20. 20Werner SwanepoelBench
  21. 21Franco SmithBench
  22. 22Gaffie du ToitBench

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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.