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Full time17 August 2002
South Africa
33–31
Australia
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–3
  2. 16’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–6
  3. 21’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–9
  4. 35’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse5–9
  5. 36’CSouth Africa conversion · Werner Greeff7–9
  6. 37’TSouth Africa try · Brent Russell12–9
  7. 38’CSouth Africa conversion · Werner Greeff14–9
  8. 43’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse19–9
  9. 44’CSouth Africa conversion · Werner Greeff21–9
  10. 62’TSouth Africa try · Joe Van Niekerk26–9
  11. 65’TAustralia try · Mat Rogers26–14
  12. 66’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke26–16
  13. 69’TAustralia try · Toutai Kefu26–21
  14. 70’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke26–23
  15. 73’DAustralia drop goal · George Gregan26–26
  16. 76’TAustralia try · Brendan Cannon26–31
  17. 80’TSouth Africa try · Werner Greeff31–31
  18. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Werner Greeff33–31

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Jannes LabuschagneSecond row
  5. 5AJ VenterSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Neil de KockScrum-half
  10. 10Brent RussellFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Werner GreeffFull-back
  16. 16Ollie le RouxBench
  17. 17Faan RautenbachBench
  18. 18Victor MatfieldBench
  19. 19Hendro ScholtzBench
  20. 20Bolla ConradieBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Stefan TerblancheBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Ben DarwinProp
  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. 17Rod MooreBench
  18. 18Matt CockbainBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Mat RogersBench

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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.