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Full time12 July 2003
South Africa
26–22
Australia
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tri Nations 2003Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’DAustralia drop goal · Matt Burke0–3
  2. 6’TSouth Africa try · Brent Russell5–3
  3. 7’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen7–3
  4. 25’TAustralia try · Wendell Sailor7–8
  5. 26’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke7–10
  6. 30’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen10–10
  7. 35’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen13–10
  8. 38’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen15–10
  9. 38’TSouth Africa try · Victor Matfield20–10
  10. 50’TAustralia try · Phil Waugh20–15
  11. 51’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke20–17
  12. 53’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen23–17
  13. 56’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen26–17
  14. 60’TAustralia try · Joe Roff26–22

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2Danie CoetzeeHooker
  3. 3Richard BandsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Wickus van HeerdenFlanker
  8. 8Juan SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Thinus DelportWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Jaco van der WesthuyzenFull-back
  16. 16Dale SantonBench
  17. 17Robbie KempsonBench
  18. 18Selborne BoomeBench
  19. 19Pedrie WannenburgBench
  20. 20Craig DavidsonBench
  21. 21Gcobani BoboBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6David LyonsFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Elton FlatleyFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Steve KefuCentre
  13. 13Mat RogersCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Nathan SharpeBench
  19. 19Owen FineganBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Stephen LarkhamBench
  22. 22Lote TuqiriBench

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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.