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Full time17 November 2018
Scotland
20–26
South Africa
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 2018Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel0–5
  2. 8’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard0–7
  3. 20’TScotland try · Pete Horne5–7
  4. 21’CScotland conversion · Greig Laidlaw7–7
  5. 22’TSouth Africa try · Handre Pollard7–12
  6. 23’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard7–14
  7. 26’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard7–17
  8. 28’PScotland penalty · Greig Laidlaw10–17
  9. 35’TScotland try · Hamish Watson15–17
  10. 36’CScotland conversion · Greig Laidlaw17–17
  11. 40’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard17–20
  12. 48’PScotland penalty · Greig Laidlaw20–20
  13. 51’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard20–23
  14. 74’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies20–26

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Gordon ReidProp
  2. 2Stuart McInallyHooker
  3. 3WP NelProp
  4. 4Ben ToolisSecond row
  5. 5Jonny GraySecond row
  6. 6Sam SkinnerFlanker
  7. 7Hamish WatsonFlanker
  8. 8Ryan WilsonNumber 8
  9. 9Greig LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Sean MaitlandWing
  12. 12Pete HorneCentre
  13. 13Huw JonesCentre
  14. 14Tommy SeymourWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Fraser BrownBench
  17. 17Allan DellBench
  18. 18Simon BerghanBench
  19. 19Josh StraussBench
  20. 20Jamie RitchieBench
  21. 21Ali PriceBench
  22. 22Adam HastingsBench
  23. 23Chris HarrisBench

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4RG SnymanSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Embrose PapierScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14S'Busiso NkosiWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Thomas Du ToitBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Francois LouwBench
  21. 21Ivan Van ZylBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Cheslin KolbeBench

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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.