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The Rugby Championship 2025 · DHL Stadium, Cape Town · 23 August 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 8 points.Half-time 20–7 · Tries 3–3 · RSA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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2′6′41′57′78′80′8113547687452%Own 2230%Own half56%Opp half72%Opp 22
← Australia 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
8′AustraliaTry, Corey Toole, converted6–5
11′South AfricaTry, Canan Moodie, converted11–7
35′South AfricaTry, Kwagga Smith, converted18–7
47′AustraliaTry, Max Jorgensen, converted20–15
68′AustraliaTry, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, conversion missed23–22
74′South AfricaTry, Eben Etzebeth, converted28–22
2′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
6′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
41′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
57′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
78′AustraliaPenalty goal missed
80′AustraliaPenalty 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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card
8′Corey Toole11′Canan Moodie35′Kwagga Smith47′Max Jorgensen68′Brandon Paenga-Amosa74′Eben Etzebeth
RSA

Team stats

AUS
50%Possession50%
50%Territory50%
95Carries100
352Metres gained268
4Clean breaks7
15Defenders beaten30
119Passes146
6Offloads6
125Tackles made113
30Tackles missed15
69/71Rucks won76/81
9/9Lineouts won12/14
7/7Scrums won7/7
1/1Mauls won3/3
4Turnovers won3
9Penalties conceded6
35Kicks from hand28
787Kick metres586
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 3/3, penalties 3/3 · AUS conversions 2/3, penalties 1/3. 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. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4RG SnymanSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Marco van StadenFlanker
  7. 7Franco MostertFlanker
  8. 8Kwagga SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Cheslin KolbeWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Canan MoodieWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Marnus van der MerweBench
  17. 17Boan VenterBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19Eben EtzebethBench
  20. 20Lodewyk De JagerBench
  21. 21Andre EsterhuizenBench
  22. 22Cobus ReinachBench
  23. 23Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluBench

Australia

  1. 1Tom RobertsonProp
  2. 2Billy PollardHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Nick FrostSecond row
  5. 5Will SkeltonSecond row
  6. 6Tom HooperFlanker
  7. 7Fraser McReightFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Nic WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10James O'ConnorFly-half
  11. 11Corey TooleWing
  12. 12Len IkitauCentre
  13. 13Joseph SuaaliiCentre
  14. 14Max JorgensenWing
  15. 15Tom WrightFull-back
  16. 16Brandon Paenga-AmosaBench
  17. 17Angus BellBench
  18. 18Zane NonggorrBench
  19. 19Jeremy WilliamsBench
  20. 20Nick Champion de CrespignyBench
  21. 21Tate McDermottBench
  22. 22Tane EdmedBench
  23. 23Andrew KellawayBench

Match officials

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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.