TheBreakdown
Full time2 August 2003
Australia
29–9
South Africa
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tri Nations 2003Head-to-head

Australia won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen0–3
  2. 11’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley3–3
  3. 20’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen3–6
  4. 23’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley6–6
  5. 42’TAustralia try · Mat Rogers11–6
  6. 43’CAustralia conversion · Elton Flatley13–6
  7. 44’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen13–9
  8. 52’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley16–9
  9. 60’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley19–9
  10. 69’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley22–9
  11. 79’TAustralia try · Phil Waugh27–9
  12. 80’CAustralia conversion · Elton Flatley29–9

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Mat RogersCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Glenn PanohoBench
  18. 18Nathan SharpeBench
  19. 19Owen FineganBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Matt BurkeBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2Danie CoetzeeHooker
  3. 3Richard BandsProp
  4. 4Selborne BoomeSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Juan SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Craig DavidsonScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Ashwin WillemseWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Jorrie MullerCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Andre PretoriusFull-back
  16. 16Dale SantonBench
  17. 17Lawrence SephakaBench
  18. 18Bakkies BothaBench
  19. 19Wickus van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  21. 21Gcobani BoboBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

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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.