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Full time20 August 2005
Australia
19–22
South Africa
Subiaco Oval, Perth | Boorloo, Australia · Tri Nations 2005Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana0–5
  2. 15’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–5
  3. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–8
  4. 22’PAustralia penalty · Mat Rogers6–8
  5. 30’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery6–11
  6. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery6–14
  7. 51’PAustralia penalty · Mat Rogers9–14
  8. 56’DSouth Africa drop goal · Percy Montgomery9–17
  9. 57’TAustralia try · Clyde Rathbone14–17
  10. 58’CAustralia conversion · Mat Rogers16–17
  11. 68’PAustralia penalty · Mat Rogers19–17
  12. 75’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana19–22

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Morgan TurinuiCentre
  13. 13Clyde RathboneCentre
  14. 14Mat RogersWing
  15. 15Drew MitchellFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19George SmithBench
  20. 20John RoeBench
  21. 21Chris WhitakerBench
  22. 22Adam Ashley-CooperBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Wayne JuliesBench
  22. 22Jaco van der WesthuyzenBench

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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.