TheBreakdown
Full time7 July 2007
Australia
25–17
South Africa
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tri Nations 2007Head-to-head

Australia won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TSouth Africa try · Wickus van Heerden0–5
  2. 8’CSouth Africa conversion · Derick Hougaard0–7
  3. 9’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse0–12
  4. 10’CSouth Africa conversion · Derick Hougaard0–14
  5. 16’PSouth Africa penalty · Derick Hougaard0–17
  6. 23’TAustralia try · Mark Gerrard5–17
  7. 24’CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock7–17
  8. 38’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock10–17
  9. 43’TAustralia try · Stephen Hoiles15–17
  10. 44’CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock17–17
  11. 53’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock20–17
  12. 56’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau25–17

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Matt DunningProp
  2. 2Adam FreierHooker
  3. 3Guy ShepherdsonProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Stephen HoilesNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Mark GerrardWing
  15. 15Julian HuxleyFull-back
  16. 16Sean HardmanBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Hugh McMenimanBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Phil WaughBench
  21. 21Scott StaniforthBench
  22. 22Drew MitchellBench

South Africa

  1. 1CJ Van Der LindeProp
  2. 2Gary BothaHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Johan MullerSecond row
  6. 6Wickus van HeerdenFlanker
  7. 7Pedrie WannenburgFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Derick HougaardFly-half
  11. 11JP PietersenWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Waylon MurrayCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Bevin FortuinFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Eddie AndrewsBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Michael ClaassensBench
  21. 21Peter GrantBench
  22. 22Jaco PretoriusBench

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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.