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Full time30 July 2005
South Africa
22–16
Australia
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tri Nations 2005Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–0
  2. 23’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–3
  3. 28’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–6
  4. 30’DSouth Africa drop goal · Percy Montgomery6–6
  5. 41’TAustralia try · George Smith6–11
  6. 42’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau6–13
  7. 52’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse11–13
  8. 53’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–13
  9. 59’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau13–16
  10. 62’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery16–16
  11. 74’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery19–16
  12. 81’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius22–16

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Gary BothaBench
  17. 17Lawrence SephakaBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Schalk BurgerBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Wayne JuliesBench
  22. 22Jaco van der WesthuyzenBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Matt DunningProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Phil WaughFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8John RoeNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Morgan TurinuiCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19Rocky ElsomBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Stirling MortlockBench
  22. 22Drew MitchellBench

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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.