TheBreakdown
Full time10 September 2016
Australia
23–17
South Africa
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · The Rugby Championship 2016Head-to-head

Australia won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TSouth Africa try · Warren Whiteley0–5
  2. 4’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies0–7
  3. 11’PAustralia penalty · Bernard Foley3–7
  4. 18’TSouth Africa try · Johan Goosen3–12
  5. 19’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies3–14
  6. 28’TAustralia try · Adam Coleman8–14
  7. 29’CAustralia conversion · Bernard Foley10–14
  8. 35’PAustralia penalty · Bernard Foley13–14
  9. 42’PAustralia penalty · Bernard Foley16–14
  10. 62’TAustralia try · Bernard Foley21–14
  11. 63’CAustralia conversion · Bernard Foley23–14
  12. 66’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn23–17

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Scott SioProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Sekope KepuProp
  4. 4Kane DouglasSecond row
  5. 5Adam ColemanSecond row
  6. 6Dean MummFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8David PocockNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Reece HodgeWing
  12. 12Bernard FoleyCentre
  13. 13Samu KereviCentre
  14. 14Dane Haylett-PettyWing
  15. 15Israel FolauFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Allan AlaalatoaBench
  19. 19Rory ArnoldBench
  20. 20Sean McMahonBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Tevita KuridraniBench
  23. 23Drew MitchellBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Lourens AdriaanseProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Teboho MohojeFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Francois HougaardWing
  12. 12Juan de JonghCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Johan GoosenFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  21. 21Jaco KrielBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Lionel MapoeBench

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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.