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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de Marseille, Marseille · 10 September 2023Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 15 points.Half-time 6–0 · Tries 2–0

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11′13′25′41′43′58′475043%Own 2241%Own half54%Opp half66%Opp 22
← Scotland attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
47′South AfricaTry, Pieter-Steph Du Toit, conversion missed11–3
50′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse, converted16–3
11′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
13′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
25′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
41′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
43′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
58′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
47′Pieter-Steph Du Toit50′Kurt-Lee Arendse
RSA

Team stats

SCO
54%Possession46%
59%Territory41%
105Carries89
602Metres gained229
4Clean breaks3
17Defenders beaten22
133Passes139
3Offloads5
89Tackles made119
22Tackles missed17
66/68Rucks won58/62
11/12Lineouts won13/17
5/7Scrums won7/12
4/6Mauls won1/1
5Turnovers won8
7Penalties conceded10
27Kicks from hand28
613Kick metres1,020
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 1/2, penalties 2/5 · SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Manie LibbokFly-half
  11. 11Cheslin KolbeWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Duane VermeulenBench
  22. 22Grant WilliamsBench
  23. 23Willie Le RouxBench

Scotland

  1. 1Pierre SchoemanProp
  2. 2George TurnerHooker
  3. 3Zander FagersonProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Grant GilchristSecond row
  6. 6Jamie RitchieFlanker
  7. 7Rory DargeFlanker
  8. 8Jack DempseyNumber 8
  9. 9Ben WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Duhan van der MerweWing
  12. 12Sione TuipulotuCentre
  13. 13Huw JonesCentre
  14. 14Darcy GrahamWing
  15. 15Blair KinghornFull-back
  16. 16Dave CherryBench
  17. 17Jamie BhattiBench
  18. 18WP NelBench
  19. 19Scott CummingsBench
  20. 20Matt FagersonBench
  21. 21Ali PriceBench
  22. 22Cam RedpathBench
  23. 23Ollie SmithBench

Match officials

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Context

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

South Africa going in
Scotland 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.