South Africa 72–6 Uruguay, 11 October 2003

Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Subiaco Oval, Perth | Boorloo · 11 October 2003Head-to-head

Full-time report

RSASouth Africa72

URUUruguay6

South Africa won by 66 points.Half-time 36–6 · Tries 12–0

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

RSA6914

URU9751

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

RSA6/60/00

URU0/02/20

← Uruguay 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

Territory is not in the feed for this match.
Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.

Tries and goal kicks as a table

Min	Team	What	Score
3′	South Africa	Try, Joost van der Westhuizen	5–0
7′	South Africa	Try, Joost van der Westhuizen, converted	10–0
20′	South Africa	Try, Joe Van Niekerk, converted	17–0
29′	South Africa	Try, Bakkies Botha	24–6
33′	South Africa	Try, Thinus Delport	29–6
36′	South Africa	Try, Jaque Fourie, converted	34–6
53′	South Africa	Try, Richard Bands, converted	41–6
55′	South Africa	Try, Danie Rossouw, converted	48–6
59′	South Africa	Try, Joost van der Westhuizen	55–6
69′	South Africa	Try, Bakkies Botha, converted	60–6
75′	South Africa	Try, Hendro Scholtz	67–6
79′	South Africa	Try, Werner Greeff	72–6

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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3′Joost van der Westhuizen7′Joost van der Westhuizen20′Joe Van Niekerk29′Bakkies Botha33′Thinus Delport36′Jaque Fourie53′Richard Bands55′Danie Rossouw59′Joost van der Westhuizen69′Bakkies Botha75′Hendro Scholtz79′Werner Greeff

RSA

Team stats

URU

100%Possession0%

126Carries69

687Metres gained184

23Clean breaks1

51Defenders beaten14

163Passes59

30Offloads3

69Tackles made97

14Tackles missed51

55/59Rucks won50/52

19/20Lineouts won8/12

12/12Scrums won9/10

5/5Mauls won12/13

8Turnovers won6

10Penalties conceded14

27Kicks from hand22

858Kick metres569

Goal kicking
RSA conversions 6/6, penalties 0/0 · URU conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

South Africa

Uruguay

Match officials

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Uruguay in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in

Uruguay going in

Previous meeting: 15 October 1999, South Africa 39–3 Uruguay
Next meeting on record: 11 June 2005

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.