18 July 2015

Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane

The Rugby Championship Match

South Africa

20

Australia

24

Captain: Victor Matfield

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Coach: Heyneke Meyer

Attendance: 37633

Team:
Combined caps: 767 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Tendai Mtawarira	Sharks	29	64
Hooker	Bismarck du Plessis	Sharks	31	70
Tight-head Prop	Jannie du Plessis	Sharks	32	62
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	WP	23	33	1 try
Lock (C)	Victor Matfield	Blue Bulls	38	121
Flank	Francois Louw	Bath	30	34
Flank	Marcell Coetzee	Sharks	24	26
Eighthman	Schalk (jnr) Burger	Suntory	32	75
Scrumhalf	Ruan Pienaar	Ulster	31	80
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Blue Bulls	21	9	2 conversions, 2 penalties
Left Wing	Bryan Habana	Toulon	32	106
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	WP	23	3
Outside Centre	Jesse Kriel	Blue Bulls	21	0	1 try
Right Wing	JP Pietersen	Wild Knights	29	59
Full Back	Willie le Roux	Cheetahs	25	25
Reserve	Frans Malherbe	WP	24	4
Reserve	Lood de Jager	Cheetahs	22	9
Reserve	Oupa Mohoje	Cheetahs	24	7
Reserve	Adriaan Strauss	Blue Bulls	29	44
Reserve	Heinke van der Merwe	Francais	30	4
Reserve	Lwazi Mvovo	Sharks	29	10
Reserve	Pat Lambie	Sharks	24	40
Reserve	Cobus Reinach	Sharks	25	6

Australia: 3 tries, 3 conversions, 1 penalty

Match pictures:

Team for the Brisbane test:

Back: JP Pietersen, Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje, Francois Louw, Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss

Middle: Pat Lambie, Lwazi Mvovo, Jesse Kriel, Handré Pollard, Damian De Allende, Marcell Coetzee, Frans Malherbe, Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Heinke van der Merwe, Cobus Reinach

Front: Ricardo Loubscher (asst coach), Bryan Habana, Johann van Graan (asst coach), Victor Matfield (captain), Heyneke Meyer (coach), Ruan Pienaar (vice-captain), Ian Schwartz (team manager), Schalk Burger, John McFarland (asst coach)