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Full time12 September 2021
South Africa
26–28
Australia
CBUS Super Stadium, Robina, Australia · The Rugby Championship 2021Head-to-head

Australia won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–0
  2. 8’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper3–3
  3. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–3
  4. 14’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper6–6
  5. 17’TAustralia try · Andrew Kellaway6–11
  6. 19’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper6–13
  7. 28’TSouth Africa try · Mbongeni Mbonambi11–13
  8. 33’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper11–16
  9. 42’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper11–19
  10. 46’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard14–19
  11. 53’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper14–22
  12. 59’TSouth Africa try · Malcolm Marx19–22
  13. 60’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard21–22
  14. 63’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper21–25
  15. 72’TSouth Africa try · Malcolm Marx26–25
  16. 83’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper26–28

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Franco MostertFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14S'Busiso NkosiWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Marco van StadenBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Jasper WieseBench
  22. 22Herschel JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

Australia

  1. 1Angus BellProp
  2. 2Folau Fainga'aHooker
  3. 3Allan AlaalatoaProp
  4. 4Izack RoddaSecond row
  5. 5Matt PhilipSecond row
  6. 6Lachlan SwintonFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Tate McDermottScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Marika KoroibeteWing
  12. 12Samu KereviCentre
  13. 13Len IkitauCentre
  14. 14Andrew KellawayWing
  15. 15Thomas BanksFull-back
  16. 16Feleti Kaitu'uBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Taniela TupouBench
  19. 19Robert LeotaBench
  20. 20Pete SamuBench
  21. 21Nic WhiteBench
  22. 22Reece HodgeBench
  23. 23Jordan PetaiaBench

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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.