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Full time5 August 2006
Australia
20–18
South Africa
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tri Nations 2006Head-to-head

Australia won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock3–0
  2. 34’TAustralia try · Mark Gerrard8–0
  3. 35’CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock10–0
  4. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James10–3
  5. 51’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James10–6
  6. 57’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie10–11
  7. 58’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James10–13
  8. 67’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock13–13
  9. 70’TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery13–18
  10. 79’TAustralia try · Mat Rogers18–18
  11. 80’CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock20–18

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Greg HolmesProp
  2. 2Tai McIsaacHooker
  3. 3Rodney BlakeProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Mark GerrardWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Guy ShepherdsonBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19Phil WaughBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Mat RogersBench
  22. 22Clyde RathboneBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Johan MullerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Solly TyibilikaFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Akona NdunganeWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Eddie AndrewsBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Joe Van NiekerkBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Meyer BosmanBench
  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.