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Nations Championship 2026 · Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria · 11 July 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 14 points.Half-time 14–12 · Tries 6–4 · RSA 1 yellow card

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1719344058606668707823150Attacks740Ball won7722422596314016331321842313%Own 2226%Own half31%Opp half88%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA19846
SCO12720
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA6/60/00
SCO4/40/00
← Scotland 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
  • 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
MinTeamWhatScore
17′South AfricaTry, Embrose Papier, converted5–0
19′South AfricaTry, Evan Roos, converted12–0
34′ScotlandTry, Matt Fagerson, converted14–5
40′ScotlandTry, Kyle Rowe, converted14–12
58′South AfricaTry, Elrigh Louw, converted19–14
60′South AfricaTry, Damian Willemse, converted26–14
66′South AfricaTry, Zach Porthen, converted33–14
68′ScotlandTry, Josh Bayliss, converted35–19
70′ScotlandTry, Ben White, converted35–26
78′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, converted40–28
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
17′Embrose Papier19′Evan Roos34′Matt Fagerson40′Kyle Rowe58′Elrigh Louw60′Damian Willemse66′Zach Porthen68′Josh Bayliss70′Ben White78′Jesse Kriel
RSA

Team stats

SCO
39%Possession61%
42%Territory58%
102Carries163
414Metres gained556
5Clean breaks15
20Defenders beaten46
85Passes234
3Offloads16
198Tackles made127
46Tackles missed20
71/73Rucks won121/125
9/10Lineouts won12/13
7/9Scrums won2/2
4/4Mauls won8/9
4Turnovers won2
9Penalties conceded10
21Kicks from hand16
539Kick metres413
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 6/6, penalties 0/0 · SCO conversions 4/4, penalties 0/0. 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. 1Boan VenterProp
  2. 2Johan GrobbelaarHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Cobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Paul de VilliersFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Evan RoosNumber 8
  9. 9Embrose PapierScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Ethan HookerWing
  12. 12Damian WillemseCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Edwill Van Der MerweWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  17. 17Ntuthuko MchunuBench
  18. 18Zach PorthenBench
  19. 19Ben-Jason DixonBench
  20. 20Vincent TshitukaBench
  21. 21Elrigh LouwBench
  22. 22Grant WilliamsBench
  23. 23Quan HornBench

Scotland

  1. 1Pierre SchoemanProp
  2. 2Ewan AshmanHooker
  3. 3Zander FagersonProp
  4. 4Gregor BrownSecond row
  5. 5Scott CummingsSecond row
  6. 6Matt FagersonFlanker
  7. 7Rory DargeFlanker
  8. 8Jack DempseyNumber 8
  9. 9Ben WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Jamie DobieWing
  12. 12Sione TuipulotuCentre
  13. 13Rory HutchinsonCentre
  14. 14Kyle SteynWing
  15. 15Kyle RoweFull-back
  16. 16Gregor HiddlestonBench
  17. 17Rory SutherlandBench
  18. 18Will HurdBench
  19. 19Max WilliamsonBench
  20. 20Josh BaylissBench
  21. 21Magnus BradburyBench
  22. 22Tom JordanBench
  23. 23Stafford McDowallBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 26–5 Scotland in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Scotland 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.