Teams

South Africa Australia
Tries Strauss (12), Kirchner (14), le Roux (71) Tries Feauai-Sautia (77)
Cons Steyn (13, 15) Cons none
Pens Steyn (8, 18, 31) Pens Leali'ifano (6)

Match stats

South Africa   Australia
3 Tries 1
2 from 3 Conversion goals 0 from 1
3 from 3 Penalty goals 1 from 1
83.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 21
163 Passes 113
131 Runs 87
508 Metres run with ball 407
Attacking
59% (71%/50%) Possession (1H/2H) 41% (29%/50%)
60% (76%/48%) Territory (1H/2H) 40% (24%/52%)
7 Clean breaks 4
17 Defenders beaten 9
9 Offloads 9
92 from 97 (94.8%) Rucks won 57 from 65 (87.7%)
10 from 12 (83.3%) Mauls won 1 from 3 (33.3%)
19 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
93/9 Tackles made/missed 150/17
91.0% Tackling success rate 90.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 4 lost (55.6%)
16 won, 2 lost (88.9%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 2 lost (86.7%)
Discipline
12 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 14 (1)
2/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kirchner 1/0 5 3/5/10 82 1 1 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W le Roux 1/0 5 2/7/9 50 2 3 3 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Engelbrecht 0/1 0 1/1/5 66 1 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 2/8/8 29 1 4 0 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 0/1/8 27 0 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Steyn 0/0 13 13/25/8 55 0 0 0 5 11/1 1/0 0 0/0
SH du Preez 0/2 0 5/91/8 36 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/1/4 27 1 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Strauss 1/0 5 0/2/9 20 1 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/3/4 9 0 0 1 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/0/10 16 0 0 0 2 10/0 8/0 1 0/0
L van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/4 21 0 1 0 1 3/0 3/0 1 1/0
F Louw 0/0 0 0/5/7 11 0 0 0 1 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
F Alberts 0/0 0 0/0/5 12 0 1 0 1 9/1 2/0 1 0/0
N8 Vermeulen 0/0 0 0/4/10 16 0 2 1 1 6/0 1/0 3 1/0
(H) BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/2/4 5 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Oosthuizen 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Kruger 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 1 5/1 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Kolisi 0/0 0 0/1/3 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FB) Lambie 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Serfontein 0/0 0 0/3/5 15 0 1 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Folau 0/0 0 4/4/8 42 0 4 2 2 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 1/3/4 36 1 0 1 2 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Kuridrani 0/0 0 1/2/6 26 0 0 0 2 16/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Leali'ifano 0/0 3 0/8/3 0 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Tomane 0/0 0 0/1/4 23 0 1 0 2 3/1 0/0 2 0/0
FH Cooper 0/1 0 4/17/8 39 0 1 1 0 17/1 1/0 0 0/0
SH White 0/0 0 9/16/1 0 0 0 0 3 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Slipper 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/3/6 9 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/4/3 15 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Simmons 0/0 0 0/1/5 11 0 0 1 0 6/0 5/1 1 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/4/3 12 0 0 0 1 12/2 5/0 1 0/0
F Fardy 0/0 0 0/3/2 17 1 0 1 0 10/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Hooper 0/0 0 0/4/11 33 0 0 2 2 16/0 0/0 2 1/0
N8 Mowen 0/0 0 0/4/4 2 0 0 0 0 13/1 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Robinson 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Kepu 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Timani 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 1 1/0
(F) McCalman 0/0 0 0/1/5 29 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Genia 0/0 0 2/34/6 21 0 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Toomua 0/0 0 0/2/1 54 1 2 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Feauai-Sautia 1/0 5 0/0/2 31 1 1 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
6 0 - 3 Leali'ifano - penalty goal
8 Steyn - penalty goal 3 - 3
12 Strauss - try 8 - 3
13 Steyn - conversion 10 - 3
14 Kirchner - try 15 - 3
15 Steyn - conversion 17 - 3
18 Steyn - penalty goal 20 - 3
27 Hooper - yellow card
31 Steyn - penalty goal 23 - 3
39 van der Merwe - yellow card
40 end of first half end of first half
Genia - sub on
White - sub off
40 start of second half start of second half
49 Strauss - sub off
BW du Plessis - sub on
51 Robinson - sub on
Slipper - sub off
53 Steenkamp - sub on
Mtawarira - sub off
54 Alexander - sub off
Kepu - sub on
57 Serfontein - sub on
Engelbrecht - sub off
Feauai-Sautia - sub on
Tomane - sub off
Fardy - sub off
McCalman - sub on
59 Kruger - sub on
van der Merwe - sub off
Kolisi - sub on
Alberts - sub off
66 Vermeulen - yellow card
JN du Plessis - sub off
Oosthuizen - sub on
Simmons - sub off
Moore - sub off
Fainga'a - sub on
Timani - sub on
71 le Roux - try 28 - 3
72 Toomua - sub on
Leali'ifano - sub off
74 Timani - yellow card
77 Kirchner - sub off
Lambie - sub on
28 - 8 Feauai-Sautia - try
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 20 points
Rugby Championship points South Africa 4, Australia 0
 
Ground name Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance 46052
 
Referee J Garces (France)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts C Feauai-Sautia