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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Aussie Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal · 24 October 2003Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 27 points.Half-time 24–6 · Tries 7–1 · RSA 1 yellow card · GEO 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
RSA636
GEO9329
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA4/41/10
GEO1/14/40
← Georgia 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
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  • 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
MinTeamWhatScore
15′South AfricaTry, Danie Rossouw, converted8–3
20′South AfricaTry, Derick Hougaard, converted15–3
23′South AfricaTry, Joe Van Niekerk, converted22–3
43′South AfricaTry, Danie Rossouw29–6
55′GeorgiaTry, David Dadunashvili, converted29–14
60′South AfricaTry, Jaque Fourie, converted34–16
69′South AfricaTry, Bakkies Botha41–19
82′South AfricaTry, Schalk Burger46–19
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 1 GEO card
15′Danie Rossouw20′Derick Hougaard23′Joe Van Niekerk43′Danie Rossouw55′David Dadunashvili60′Jaque Fourie69′Bakkies Botha82′Schalk Burger
RSA

Team stats

GEO
88%Possession12%
101Carries66
528Metres gained255
11Clean breaks2
29Defenders beaten6
163Passes83
5Offloads5
63Tackles made93
6Tackles missed29
46/50Rucks won42/44
14/15Lineouts won16/22
19/19Scrums won11/14
7/9Mauls won8/8
7Turnovers won6
14Penalties conceded8
17Kicks from hand13
671Kick metres517
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 4/4, penalties 1/1 · GEO conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Faan RautenbachProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Selborne BoomeSecond row
  6. 6Hendro ScholtzFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Neil de KockScrum-half
  10. 10Derick HougaardFly-half
  11. 11Breyton PaulseWing
  12. 12Werner GreeffCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Ricardo LoubscherFull-back
  16. 16Dale SantonBench
  17. 17Christo BezuidenhoudtBench
  18. 18Victor MatfieldBench
  19. 19Schalk BurgerBench
  20. 20Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  21. 21Louis KoenBench
  22. 22Jorrie MullerBench

Georgia

  1. 1Avtandil KopalianiProp
  2. 2David DadunashviliHooker
  3. 3Alexander MargvelashviliProp
  4. 4Sergo GujaraidzeSecond row
  5. 5Victor DidebulidzeSecond row
  6. 6George TsiklauriFlanker
  7. 7Davit BolgashviliFlanker
  8. 8Giorgi ChkhaidzeNumber 8
  9. 9Irakli ModebadzeScrum-half
  10. 10Pavle JimsheladzeFly-half
  11. 11Archil KavtarashviliWing
  12. 12Vasil KatsadzeCentre
  13. 13Otar EloshviliCentre
  14. 14Gocha KhonelidzeWing
  15. 15Irakli MachkhaneliFull-back
  16. 16Akvsenti GiorgadzeBench
  17. 17Soso NikolaenkoBench
  18. 18Ilia ZedginidzeBench
  19. 19Gregoire YachviliBench
  20. 20Irakli AbuseridzeBench
  21. 21Merab KvirikashviliBench
  22. 22Besik KhamashuridzeBench

Match officials

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Context

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

South Africa going in
Georgia 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.