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Full time28 July 2001
South Africa
20–15
Australia
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tri Nations 2001Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten9–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten12–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten15–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad20–0
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke20–3
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke20–6
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke20–9
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke20–12
  11. –PAustralia penalty · Manny Edmonds20–15

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2Lukas van BiljonHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Andre VosFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12Braam van StraatenCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Corne KrigeBench
  19. 19Joe Van NiekerkBench
  20. 20Deon de KockBench
  21. 21Deon KayserBench
  22. 22Thinus DelportBench

Australia

  1. 1Nick StilesProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Rod MooreProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Elton FlatleyFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Nathan GreyCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Andrew WalkerWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Matt CockbainBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Manny EdmondsBench
  22. 22Chris LathamBench

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Context

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

South Africa going in
Australia 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.