South Africa v Scotland — Nations Championship
Nations Championship · Round 2
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane/Pretoria
South Africa
1st in Nations Championship
· UTC
42
28
Full-time
1st half 14–142nd half 28–14
Scotland
2nd in Nations Championship
South Africa scorers:
Tries Papier 17′, Roos 19′, Louw 58′, Willemse 60′, Porthen 66′, Kriel 78′
Cons Pollard 18′, Pollard 20′, Pollard 58′, Pollard 61′, Pollard 67′, Horn 78′
Scotland scorers:
Tries Fagerson 34′, Rowe 40′, Bayliss 68′, White 70′
Cons Russell 35′, Russell 40+1′, Russell 68′, Russell 71′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 16:40
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 17:40
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sun 01:40
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sun 03:40
Venue
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane/Pretoria
Form and season so far
Season figures: Nations Championship table.
Nations Championship table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa, your team | +81 | 15 | |
| France, your team | +41 | 12 | |
| New Zealand, your team | +51 | 15 | |
| Scotland, your team | +11 | 11 | |
| Australia, your team | +29 | 8 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time42–28
- 78′ Conversion South Africa: Quan Horn Conversion 42–28
- 78′ Try South Africa: Jesse Kriel Try 40–28
- 74′ Replacement South Africa: Paul de Villiers On for Vincent Tshikaya Tshituka
- 71′ Conversion Scotland: Finn Russell Conversion 35–28
- 70′ Try Scotland: Ben White Try 35–26
- 68′ Conversion Scotland: Finn Russell Conversion 35–21
- 68′ Try Scotland: Josh Bayliss Try 35–19
- 68′ Replacement Scotland: Tom Jordan On for Jamie Dobie
- 68′ Replacement Scotland: Rory Sutherland On for Pierre Schoeman
- 67′ Conversion South Africa: Handre Pollard Conversion 35–14
- 67′ Replacement South Africa: Vincent Tshikaya Tshituka On for Paul de Villiers
- 66′ Try South Africa: Zachary Porthen Try 33–14
- 64′ Replacement Scotland: Stafford McDowall On for Rory Hutchinson
- 64′ Replacement Scotland: Max Williamson On for Gregor Brown
- 62′ Replacement South Africa: Ntuthuko Mchunu On for Johan Grobbelaar
- 61′ Conversion South Africa: Handre Pollard Conversion 28–14
- 60′ Try South Africa: Damian Willemse Try 26–14
- 59′ Replacement Scotland: Magnus Bradbury On for Matt Fagerson
- 59′ Replacement Scotland: Will Hurd On for Zander Fagerson
- 59′ Replacement Scotland: Gregor Hiddleston On for Ewan Ashman
- 58′ Conversion South Africa: Handre Pollard Conversion 21–14
- 58′ Try South Africa: Elrigh Louw Try 19–14
- 46′ Replacement South Africa: Handre Pollard On for Ethan Hooker
- 42′ Replacement South Africa: Grant Williams On for Embrose Papier
- 42′ Replacement South Africa: Elrigh Louw On for Evan Roos
- 42′ Replacement South Africa: Zachary Porthen On for Wilco Louw
- 42′ Replacement South Africa: Quan Horn On for Handre Pollard
- 41′ Replacement South Africa: Jan-Hendrik Wessells On for Boan Venter
- 41′ Replacement Scotland: Josh Bayliss On for Rory Darge
- 41′ Yellow card South Africa: Ben-Jason Dixon Yellow card
- Half-time14–14
- 40+1′ Conversion Scotland: Finn Russell Conversion 14–14
- 40′ Try Scotland: Kyle Rowe Try 14–12
- 35′ Conversion Scotland: Finn Russell Conversion 14–7
- 34′ Try Scotland: Matt Fagerson Try 14–5
- 32′ Replacement South Africa: Ben-Jason Dixon On for Cobus Wiese
- 20′ Conversion South Africa: Handre Pollard Conversion 14–0
- 19′ Try South Africa: Evan Roos Try 12–0
- 18′ Conversion South Africa: Handre Pollard Conversion 7–0
- 17′ Try South Africa: Embrose Papier Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
South Africa
Coach: Rassie Erasmus- 1 Boan Venter Prop
- 2 Johan Grobbelaar Hooker
- 3 Wilco Louw Prop
- 4 Cobus Wiese Lock
- 5 Ruan Nortje Lock
- 6 Paul de Villiers Flanker
- 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain) Flanker
- 8 Evan Roos No. 8
- 9 Embrose Papier Scrum-half
- 10 Handre Pollard Fly-half
- 11 Ethan Hooker Wing
- 12 Damian Willemse Centre
- 13 Jesse Kriel Centre
- 14 Edwill Van Der Merwe Wing
- 15 Aphelele Fassi Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessells on at 41′
- 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu on at 62′
- 18 Zachary Porthen on at 42′
- 19 Vincent Tshikaya Tshituka on at 67′
- 20 Ben-Jason Dixon on at 32′
- 21 Elrigh Louw on at 42′
- 22 Grant Williams on at 42′
- 23 Quan Horn on at 42′
Scotland
Coach: Gregor Townsend- 1 Pierre Schoeman Prop
- 2 Ewan Ashman Hooker
- 3 Zander Fagerson Prop
- 4 Gregor Brown Lock
- 5 Scott Cummings Lock
- 6 Matt Fagerson Flanker
- 7 Rory Darge Flanker
- 8 Jack Dempsey No. 8
- 9 Ben White Scrum-half
- 10 Finn Russell Fly-half
- 11 Jamie Dobie Wing
- 12 Sione Tuipulotu (captain) Centre
- 13 Rory Hutchinson Centre
- 14 Kyle Steyn Wing
- 15 Kyle Rowe Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Gregor Hiddleston on at 59′
- 17 Rory Sutherland on at 68′
- 18 Will Hurd on at 59′
- 19 Max Williamson on at 64′
- 20 Josh Bayliss on at 41′
- 21 Magnus Bradbury on at 59′
- 22 Tom Jordan on at 68′
- 23 Stafford McDowall on at 64′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: South Africa 39%, Scotland 61%
Carries: South Africa 87, Scotland 140
Metres made: South Africa 414, Scotland 556
Line breaks: South Africa 5, Scotland 15
Tackles made: South Africa 198, Scotland 127
Tackles missed: South Africa 46, Scotland 20
Turnovers won: South Africa 4, Scotland 2
Lineouts won: South Africa 9/10, Scotland 12/13
Scrums won: South Africa 7/8, Scotland 2/2
Penalties conceded: South Africa 9, Scotland 10
Yellow cards: South Africa 1, Scotland 0
Red cards: South Africa 0, Scotland 0
Passes: South Africa 85, Scotland 234
Tries: South Africa 6, Scotland 4
Try assists: South Africa 3, Scotland 2
Conversions: South Africa 6, Scotland 4
Penalty goals: South Africa 0, Scotland 0
Drop goals: South Africa 0, Scotland 0
Turnovers: South Africa 8, Scotland 11
Offloads: South Africa 3, Scotland 16
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- South Africa wins
- 1
- Draws
- 0
- Scotland wins
- 0
The last meeting in our data, all competitions.
