TheBreakdown
Full time18 September 2021
Australia
30–17
South Africa
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · The Rugby Championship 2021Head-to-head

Australia won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 15’TAustralia try · Len Ikitau5–0
  2. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard5–3
  3. 21’TAustralia try · Len Ikitau10–3
  4. 23’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper12–3
  5. 28’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard12–6
  6. 31’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper15–6
  7. 33’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard15–9
  8. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard15–12
  9. 42’TSouth Africa try · Lukhanyo Am15–17
  10. 52’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper18–17
  11. 63’TAustralia try · Marika Koroibete23–17
  12. 64’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper25–17
  13. 68’TAustralia try · Marika Koroibete30–17

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Folau Fainga'aHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Izack RoddaSecond row
  5. 5Matt PhilipSecond row
  6. 6Lachlan SwintonFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Nic WhiteScrum-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. 17Angus BellBench
  18. 18Tom RobertsonBench
  19. 19Darcy SwainBench
  20. 20Pete SamuBench
  21. 21Tate McDermottBench
  22. 22Reece HodgeBench
  23. 23Jordan PetaiaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Trevor NyakaneProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Marvin OrieSecond 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. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Marco van StadenBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Jasper WieseBench
  22. 22Herschel JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 41–55 South Africa, 3 drawn in 99 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.