27 September 2014

Newlands, Cape Town

The Rugby Championship Match

South Africa

28

Australia

10

Captain: Jean de Villiers

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Coach: Heyneke Meyer

Attendance: 44955

Team:
Combined caps: 616 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Tendai Mtawarira	Sharks	29	59
Hooker	Adriaan Strauss	Cheetahs	28	38
Tight-head Prop	Jannie du Plessis	Sharks	31	58
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	WP	22	27
Lock	Victor Matfield	Blue Bulls	37	115
Flank	Marcell Coetzee	Sharks	23	20	1 try
Flank	Oupa Mohoje	Cheetahs	24	1
Eighthman	Duane Vermeulen	WP	28	23
Scrumhalf	Francois Hougaard	Blue Bulls	26	30
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Blue Bulls	20	4	1 penalty
Left Wing	Bryan Habana	Toulon	31	101
Inside Centre (C)	Jean de Villiers	WP	33	100	2 tries
Outside Centre	Jan Serfontein	Blue Bulls	21	14
Right Wing	Cornal Hendricks	Cheetahs	26	7
Full Back	Willie le Roux	Cheetahs	25	19
Reserve	JP Pietersen	Sharks	28	54
Reserve	Schalk (jnr) Burger	Suntory	31	71
Reserve	Pat Lambie	Sharks	23	34	1 try, 1 conversion, 1 dropgoal
Reserve	Bismarck du Plessis	Sharks	30	64
Reserve	Bakkies Botha	Toulon	35	81
Reserve	Marcel van der Merwe	Blue Bulls	23	3
Reserve	Trevor Nyakane	Cheetahs	25	7
Reserve	Cobus Reinach	Sharks	24	0

Australia: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty

Match pictures:

Team for the Newlands test:

Back: Teboho Mohoje, JP Pietersen, Schalk Burger (Jnr), Duane Vermeulen, Eben Etzebeth, Marcell Coetzee, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss

Middle: Pat Lambie, Cornal Hendricks, Jan Serfontein, Handre Pollard, Marcel van der Merwe, Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Francois Hougaard, Trevor Nyakane, Cobus Reinach

Front: Ricardo Loubscher (asst coach), Bryan Habana, Johann van Graan (asst coach), Jean de Villiers (captain), Heyneke Meyer (coach), Victor Matfield (vice-captain), Ian Schwartz (team manager), Bakkies Botha, John McFarland (asst coach)