TheBreakdown
Full time27 July 2002
Australia
38–27
South Africa
The Gabba, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head

Australia won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TAustralia try · Ben Tune5–0
  2. 5’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke7–0
  3. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius7–3
  4. 20’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock12–3
  5. 21’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke14–3
  6. 26’TAustralia try · Chris Latham19–3
  7. 27’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke21–3
  8. 30’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke24–3
  9. 38’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert24–8
  10. 39’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius24–10
  11. 40’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke27–10
  12. 47’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert27–15
  13. 48’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius27–17
  14. 50’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke30–17
  15. 57’TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad30–22
  16. 71’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock33–22
  17. 74’TSouth Africa try · Brent Russell33–27
  18. 79’TAustralia try · Chris Latham38–27

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Stirling MortlockWing
  12. 12Daniel HerbertCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Matt CockbainBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Mat RogersBench

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Faan RautenbachProp
  4. 4Jannes LabuschagneSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Breyton PaulseWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Werner GreeffFull-back
  16. 16Delarey du PreezBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18AJ VenterBench
  19. 19Hendro ScholtzBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

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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.