Scotland v South Africa

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v South Africa Match Reports

South Africa outmuscled Scotland at Murrayfield to earn a 30-15 victory in their autumn Test match. Scotland were leading 10-8 at half time after Stuart Hogg scored a try in reply to Makazole Mapimpi's earlier effort for the Springboks. After the break, Mapimpi and Hogg both scored second tries to keep the contest in the balance. South Africa then began to exert control over the match and a series of penalty kicks saw them pull away from the Scots. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v South Africa - Match Highlights

Scotland v South Africa - Match Stats

Scotland: (10) 15
Try: Hogg (35', 58')
Conversion: Russell (35')
Penalty: Russell (17')

South Africa: (8) 30
Try: Mapimpi (29', 43')
Conversion: Jantjies (44')
Penalty: Jantjies (24', 51', 56'), Pollard (69', 78'), Steyn (71')

Man of the match: Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)


Scotland v South Africa - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • 2 Stuart McInally
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Sam Skinner
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Nick Haining
  • 7 Jamie Ritchie
  • 8 Matt Fagerson

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Matt Scott
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Rufus McLean
  • 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)

Replacements

  • 16 Ewan Ashman
  • 17 Jamie Bhatti
  • 18 Oli Kebble
  • 19 Jamie Hodgson
  • 20 Hamish Watson
  • 21 George Horne
  • 22 Adam Hastings
  • 23 Blair Kinghorn

South Africa Team

Forwards

  • 1 Ox Nché
  • 2 Bongi Mbonambi
  • 3 Trevor Nyakane
  • 4 Eben Etzebeth
  • 5 Franco Mostert
  • 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain)
  • 7 Kwagga Smith
  • 8 Duane Vermeulen

Backs

  • 9 Herschel Jantjies
  • 10 Elton Jantjies
  • 11 Makazole Mapimpi
  • 12 Damian de Allende
  • 13 Lukhanyo Am
  • 14 Jesse Kriel
  • 15 Willie le Roux

Replacements

  • 16 Malcolm Marx
  • 17 Steven Kitshoff
  • 18 Vincent Koch
  • 19 Lood de Jager
  • 20 Jasper Wiese
  • 21 Cobus Reinach
  • 22 Handré Pollard
  • 23 Frans Steyn