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Full time7 June 2003
South Africa
29–25
Scotland
ABSA Stadium, East London, South Africa · Tour 2003Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson0–3
  2. 15’TScotland try · Jason White0–8
  3. 16’CScotland conversion · Chris Paterson0–10
  4. 28’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen3–10
  5. 31’TScotland try · Andy Craig3–15
  6. 40’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen6–15
  7. 47’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen9–15
  8. 49’TScotland try · Chris Paterson9–20
  9. 50’CScotland conversion · Chris Paterson9–22
  10. 51’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen12–22
  11. 54’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson12–25
  12. 63’TSouth Africa try · Stefan Terblanche17–25
  13. 64’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen19–25
  14. 68’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen22–25
  15. 72’TSouth Africa try · Trevor Halstead27–25
  16. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen29–25

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2Danie CoetzeeHooker
  3. 3Richard BandsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Hendrik GerberFlanker
  7. 7Wickus van HeerdenFlanker
  8. 8Pedrie WannenburgNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Ashwin WillemseWing
  12. 12Trevor HalsteadCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Ricardo LoubscherFull-back
  16. 16Robbie KempsonBench
  17. 17Cobus VisagieBench
  18. 18Selborne BoomeBench
  19. 19Juan SmithBench
  20. 20Craig DavidsonBench
  21. 21Gcobani BoboBench
  22. 22Jaco van der WesthuyzenBench

Scotland

  1. 1Gavin KerrProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Bruce DouglasProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Nathan HinesSecond row
  6. 6Jason WhiteFlanker
  7. 7Andrew MowerFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Andrew HendersonCentre
  13. 13Andy CraigCentre
  14. 14Chris PatersonWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Robbie RussellBench
  17. 17Gordon McIlwhamBench
  18. 18Jon PetrieBench
  19. 19Martin LeslieBench
  20. 20Mike BlairBench
  21. 21Gordon RossBench
  22. 22James McLarenBench

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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.