TheBreakdown
Full time18 July 2015
Australia
24–20
South Africa
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · The Rugby Championship 2015Head-to-head

Australia won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 17’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–3
  2. 27’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–6
  3. 35’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper5–6
  4. 36’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper7–6
  5. 39’TSouth Africa try · Eben Etzebeth7–11
  6. 40’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard7–13
  7. 46’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel7–18
  8. 47’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard7–20
  9. 56’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper10–20
  10. 75’TAustralia try · Michael Hooper15–20
  11. 76’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper17–20
  12. 83’TAustralia try · Tevita Kuridrani22–20
  13. 84’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau24–20

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Sekope KepuProp
  4. 4Will SkeltonSecond row
  5. 5Rob SimmonsSecond row
  6. 6Scott FardyFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Scott HigginbothamNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Rob HorneWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Tevita KuridraniCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Israel FolauFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Scott SioBench
  18. 18Greg HolmesBench
  19. 19James HorwillBench
  20. 20David PocockBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Matt ToomuaBench
  23. 23Drew MitchellBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Marcell CoetzeeFlanker
  8. 8Schalk BurgerNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Heinke van der MerweBench
  18. 18Frans MalherbeBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Teboho MohojeBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Lwazi MvovoBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 41–55 South Africa, 3 drawn in 99 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.