South Africa vs Scotland

Date	Status	Team	Score	Team	Score	Venue
17/11/06	Test	South Africa	0	Scotland	6	Hampden Park
23/11/12	Test	South Africa	16	Scotland	0	Inverleigh
16/01/32	Test	South Africa	6	Scotland	3	Murrayfield
24/11/51	Test	South Africa	44	Scotland	0	Murrayfield
30/04/60	Test	South Africa	18	Scotland	10	Port Elizabeth
21/01/61	Test	South Africa	12	Scotland	5	Murrayfield
17/04/65	Test	South Africa	5	Scotland	8	Murrayfield
06/12/69	Test	South Africa	3	Scotland	6	Murrayfield
19/11/94	Test	South Africa	34	Scotland	10	Murrayfield
06/12/97	Test	South Africa	68	Scotland	10	Murrayfield
21/11/98	Test	South Africa	35	Scotland	10	Murrayfield
03/10/99	RWC	South Africa	46	Scotland	29	Murrayfield
16/11/02	Test	South Africa	6	Scotland	21	Murrayfield
07/06/03	Test	South Africa	29	Scotland	25	Durban
14/06/03	Test	South Africa	28	Scotland	19	Johannesburg
27/11/04	Test	South Africa	45	Scotland	10	Murrayfield
10/06/06	Test	South Africa	36	Scotland	16	Durban
17/06/06	Test	South Africa	29	Scotland	15	Port Elizabeth
25/08/07	Test	South Africa	27	Scotland	3	Murrayfield
15/11/08	Test	South Africa	14	Scotland	10	Murrayfield
17/11/12	Test	South Africa	21	Scotland	10	Murrayfield
15/06/13	Test	South Africa	30	Scotland	17	Nelspruit
17/11/13	Test	South Africa	28	Scotland	0	Murrayfield
28/06/14	Test	South Africa	55	Scotland	6	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
3/10/15	RWC	South Africa	34	Scotland	16	St James’ Park, Newcastle
17/11/18	Test	South Africa	26	Scotland	20	Murrayfield
13/11/21	Test	South Africa	30	Scotland	15	Edinburgh
10/9/23	RWC	South Africa	18	Scotland	3	Marseille




		Total Points:	742		321

	Matches	South Africa	Scotland	Matches
Played	Won	Won	Drawn
Overall Record	28	23	5	0
At South African Venues	7	7	0	0
Away Venues	19	14	5	0
Rugby World Cup	2	2	0

Springbok record against Scotland:

Played 28, Won 23, Lost 5. Points for: 742, Points against: 321. Tries scored: 90, Tries conceded: 32. Highest score 68, Biggest win 58 points, Average score: 26-11. Win %: 82.1%.

Milestones:

South Africa and Scotland have faced each other twice before at Rugby World Cups – in 1999, the Boks won by 46-29 in Edinburgh, and in 2015 the Boks won by 34-16 in Newcastle.

Faf de Klerk will run out for his 50^th Test for the Boks.

Malcolm Marx’s try against New Zealand at Twickenham on 25 August moved him to the top of the list for tries scored by Springbok forwards in Tests on 17, one more than Schalk Burger’s 16.

Every player in the starting team has scored a Test try for the Springboks.

Sunday’s Test will be the Springboks’ fourth in Marseille – they have won one and lost two at the venue.

Miscellaneous:

The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 815.

There are 262 caps in the backline, with 553 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 349 caps.

The average caps per player in the backline is 37, the forwards 69, while the players on the bench average 44.

The national Rugby Union teams of Scotland and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and as of November 2021, they have met in 28 Test matches. Their first meeting was on 17 November 1906, and was won 6-0 by Scotland and their most recent match was on 10 September 2023 at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and was won 18-3 by South Africa.

South Africa have won the majority of games played between the two sides, with 23 victories in the 28 matches. They are also the only team to win an away match between the sides, having won 15 times in Scotland. South Africa have won all seven of their home games. Since South Africa’s rugby re-admission in 1992, South Africa has dominated once again, winning 18 of the 20 encounters between the two.

The 1906 match between Scotland and South Africa was South Africa’s first official international rugby tour. It was also the tour in which the Springbok nickname was coined. South Africa lost to Scotland, defeated Ireland and Wales and drew with England. They also played a game against a representative French side drawn from two Parisian clubs and won.