TheBreakdown
Full time16 November 2002
Scotland
21–6
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 2002Head-to-head

Scotland won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’PScotland penalty · Brendan Laney3–0
  2. 9’PScotland penalty · Brendan Laney6–0
  3. 34’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James6–3
  4. 39’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James6–6
  5. 46’PScotland penalty · Brendan Laney9–6
  6. 49’CScotland conversion · Brendan Laney11–6
  7. 49’TScotland try · Budge Pountney16–6
  8. 74’TScotland try · Nikki Walker21–6

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Bruce DouglasProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Stuart GrimesSecond row
  6. 6Martin LeslieFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Gordon RossFly-half
  11. 11Chris PatersonWing
  12. 12Brendan LaneyCentre
  13. 13Andy CraigCentre
  14. 14Nikki WalkerWing
  15. 15Stuart MoffatFull-back
  16. 16Steve ScottBench
  17. 17David HiltonBench
  18. 18Nathan HinesBench
  19. 19Jason WhiteBench
  20. 20Graeme BeveridgeBench
  21. 21Gregor TownsendBench
  22. 22Ben HinshelwoodBench

South Africa

  1. 1Wessel RouxProp
  2. 2Lukas van BiljonHooker
  3. 3Deon CarstensProp
  4. 4Marco WentzelSecond row
  5. 5Jannes LabuschagneSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Pierre UysNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Fredrich LombardWing
  12. 12Robbie FleckCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Werner GreeffFull-back
  16. 16James DaltonBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18AJ VenterBench
  19. 19Pedrie WannenburgBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Andre PretoriusBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.