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Full time9 September 2006
South Africa
24–16
Australia
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 2006Head-to-head

South Africa won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 19’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock0–3
  2. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius3–3
  3. 46’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius6–3
  4. 49’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham6–8
  5. 50’CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock6–10
  6. 53’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius9–10
  7. 58’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius12–10
  8. 61’TSouth Africa try · Fourie Du Preez17–10
  9. 62’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius19–10
  10. 66’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock19–13
  11. 69’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock19–16
  12. 79’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse24–16

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Johan MullerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Pierre SpiesFlanker
  7. 7AJ VenterFlanker
  8. 8Pedrie WannenburgNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Wynand OlivierWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Akona NdunganeWing
  15. 15JP PietersenFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Lawrence SephakaBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Butch JamesBench
  22. 22Breyton PaulseBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Rodney BlakeProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Cameron ShepherdWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Clyde RathboneWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Tai McIsaacBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19George SmithBench
  20. 20Brett SheehanBench
  21. 21Mark GerrardBench
  22. 22Scott StaniforthBench

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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.