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Full time30 September 2017
South Africa
27–27
Australia
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2017Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. 11’TAustralia try · Israel Folau0–5
  2. 12’CAustralia conversion · Bernard Foley0–7
  3. 21’TSouth Africa try · Ruan Dreyer5–7
  4. 21’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies7–7
  5. 23’PAustralia penalty · Bernard Foley7–10
  6. 27’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies10–10
  7. 35’PAustralia penalty · Bernard Foley10–13
  8. 43’TSouth Africa try · Jan Serfontein15–13
  9. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies17–13
  10. 46’TAustralia try · Marika Koroibete17–18
  11. 47’CAustralia conversion · Bernard Foley17–20
  12. 49’TSouth Africa try · Courtnall Skosan22–20
  13. 51’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies24–20
  14. 57’TAustralia try · Marika Koroibete24–25
  15. 58’CAustralia conversion · Bernard Foley24–27
  16. 70’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies27–27

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Ruan DreyerProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Francois LouwFlanker
  8. 8Uzair CassiemNumber 8
  9. 9Ross CronjeScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Courtnall SkosanWing
  12. 12Jan SerfonteinCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Dillyn LeydsWing
  15. 15Andries CoetzeeFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Jean-Luc Du PreezBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Handre PollardBench
  23. 23Damian de AllendeBench

Australia

  1. 1Scott SioProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Sekope KepuProp
  4. 4Izack RoddaSecond row
  5. 5Adam ColemanSecond row
  6. 6Jack DempseyFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Sean McMahonNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Bernard FoleyFly-half
  11. 11Reece HodgeWing
  12. 12Kurtley BealeCentre
  13. 13Tevita KuridraniCentre
  14. 14Marika KoroibeteWing
  15. 15Israel FolauFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Tom RobertsonBench
  18. 18Allan AlaalatoaBench
  19. 19Rob SimmonsBench
  20. 20Ned HaniganBench
  21. 21Lukhan Salakaia-LotoBench
  22. 22Nick PhippsBench
  23. 23Samu KereviBench

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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.