3 October 2015
St James Park, Newcastle
World Cup Pool Match
	South Africa 34 Scotland 16
Captain: Fourie du Preez		Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Coach: Heyneke Meyer		Attendance: 50900

Team:
Combined caps: 716 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Tendai Mtawarira	Sharks	30	70
Hooker	Bismarck du Plessis	Sharks	31	74
Tight-head Prop	Jannie du Plessis	Bath	32	66
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	WP	23	39
Lock	Lood de Jager	Cheetahs	22	14
Flank	Francois Louw	Bath	30	38
Flank	Schalk (jnr) Burger	Suntory	32	81	1 try
Eighthman	Duane Vermeulen	WP	29	30
Scrumhalf (C)	Fourie du Preez	Suntory	33	72
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Blue Bulls	21	15	2 conversions, 4 penalties, 1 dropgoal
Left Wing	Bryan Habana	Toulon	32	112	1 try
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	WP	23	8
Outside Centre	Jesse Kriel	Blue Bulls	21	6
Right Wing	JP Pietersen	Wild Knights	29	62	1 try
Full Back	Willie le Roux	Cheetahs	26	29
Reserve	Frans Malherbe	WP	24	7
Reserve	Adriaan Strauss	Blue Bulls	29	50
Reserve	Trevor Nyakane	Blue Bulls	26	18
Reserve	Pat Lambie	Sharks	24	46
Reserve	Willem Alberts	Sharks	31	33
Reserve	Jan Serfontein	Blue Bulls	22	21
Reserve	Pieter-Steph du Toit	Sharks	23	5
Reserve	Ruan Pienaar	Ulster	31	86

Scotland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 3 penalties

Match pictures:

Team for the Scotland test: Back: JP Pietersen, Francois Louw, Duane Vermeulen, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss. Middle: Pat Lambie, Jan Serfontein, Jesse Kriel, Frans Malherbe, Willem Alberts, Damian de Allende, Handré Pollard, Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Trevor Nyakane. Front: Ricardo Loubscher (asst coach), Bryan Habana, Johann van Graan (asst coach), Fourie du Preez, (captain), Heyneke Meyer (coach), Schalk Burger (vice-captain), Ian Schwartz (team manager), Ruan Pienaar, John McFarland (asst coach).