TheBreakdown
Full time29 September 2018
South Africa
23–12
Australia
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2018Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TSouth Africa try · Aphiwe Dyantyi5–0
  2. 3’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard7–0
  3. 21’TSouth Africa try · Faf de Klerk12–0
  4. 22’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard14–0
  5. 26’TAustralia try · Reece Hodge14–5
  6. 29’TAustralia try · Will Genia14–10
  7. 30’CAustralia conversion · Matt Toomua14–12
  8. 34’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard17–12
  9. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard20–12
  10. 46’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard23–12

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Sikhumbuzo NotsheNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Embrose PapierBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

Australia

  1. 1Scott SioProp
  2. 2Folau Fainga'aHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Adam ColemanSecond row
  5. 5Izack RoddaSecond row
  6. 6Ned HaniganFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8David PocockNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Kurtley BealeFly-half
  11. 11Marika KoroibeteWing
  12. 12Matt ToomuaCentre
  13. 13Reece HodgeCentre
  14. 14Israel FolauWing
  15. 15Dane Haylett-PettyFull-back
  16. 16Brandon Paenga-AmosaBench
  17. 17Sekope KepuBench
  18. 18Allan AlaalatoaBench
  19. 19Rory ArnoldBench
  20. 20Rob SimmonsBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Bernard FoleyBench
  23. 23Jack MaddocksBench

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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.