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Full time21 August 2004
South Africa
23–19
Australia
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tri Nations 2004Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 33’TAustralia try · Lote Tuqiri0–5
  2. 34’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau0–7
  3. 41’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–7
  4. 45’TSouth Africa try · Victor Matfield8–7
  5. 46’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–7
  6. 53’TSouth Africa try · Joe Van Niekerk15–7
  7. 54’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery17–7
  8. 56’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery20–7
  9. 63’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery23–7
  10. 71’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock23–12
  11. 72’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau23–14
  12. 79’TAustralia try · George Smith23–19

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Eddie AndrewsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7AJ VenterFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Jean De VilliersWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Gerrie BritzBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Gaffie du ToitBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Justin HarrisonSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Clyde RathboneWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19John RoeBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt BurkeBench
  22. 22Wendell SailorBench

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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.