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The Rugby Championship 2025 · Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg · 16 August 2025Head-to-head
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Australia won by 11 points.Half-time 27–5 · Tries 4–6

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213131829435864667636%Own 2243%Own half70%Opp half60%Opp 22
← Australia 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
  • 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
2′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse, converted5–0
13′South AfricaTry, Andre Esterhuizen15–0
13′South AfricaTry, Andre Esterhuizen, conversion missed20–0
18′South AfricaTry, Siya Kolisi, converted25–0
29′AustraliaTry, Dylan Pietsch, conversion missed27–5
43′AustraliaTry, Harry Wilson, converted27–10
58′AustraliaTry, Joseph Suaalii, converted27–17
64′AustraliaTry, Harry Wilson, converted27–24
66′AustraliaTry, Max Jorgensen, converted27–31
76′AustraliaTry, Tom Wright, conversion missed27–38
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
2′Kurt-Lee Arendse13′Andre Esterhuizen13′Andre Esterhuizen18′Siya Kolisi29′Dylan Pietsch43′Harry Wilson58′Joseph Suaalii64′Harry Wilson66′Max Jorgensen76′Tom Wright
RSA

Team stats

AUS
52%Possession48%
61%Territory39%
139Carries97
579Metres gained532
14Clean breaks10
22Defenders beaten26
212Passes135
14Offloads5
109Tackles made157
26Tackles missed22
97/102Rucks won76/77
11/16Lineouts won14/18
4/4Scrums won5/6
1/1Mauls won1/1
3Turnovers won6
10Penalties conceded4
18Kicks from hand29
433Kick metres558
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/3, penalties 1/1 · AUS conversions 4/6, 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.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Marco van StadenFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Siya KolisiNumber 8
  9. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Manie LibbokFly-half
  11. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  12. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Edwill Van Der MerweWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Boan VenterBench
  18. 18Asenathi NtlabakanyeBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Canan MoodieBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Billy PollardHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Nick FrostSecond row
  5. 5Will SkeltonSecond row
  6. 6Tom HooperFlanker
  7. 7Fraser McReightFlanker
  8. 8Harry WilsonNumber 8
  9. 9Nic WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10James O'ConnorFly-half
  11. 11Dylan PietschWing
  12. 12Len IkitauCentre
  13. 13Joseph SuaaliiCentre
  14. 14Max JorgensenWing
  15. 15Tom WrightFull-back
  16. 16Brandon Paenga-AmosaBench
  17. 17Angus BellBench
  18. 18Zane NonggorrBench
  19. 19Jeremy WilliamsBench
  20. 20Langi GleesonBench
  21. 21Tate McDermottBench
  22. 22Tane EdmedBench
  23. 23Andrew KellawayBench

Match officials

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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.