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	TestC	South Africa	26	Scotland	20	Murrayfield

		Total Points:	613		276

	Matches	South Africa	Scotland	Matches
	Played	Won	Won	Drawn
Overall Record	25	21	4	0
At South African Venues	7	7	0	0
Away Venues	16	13	4	0
Rugby World Cup	2	2	0	0

Stats and facts:

Test caps:
• The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 430. There are 182 caps in the backline with 248 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are a further 182 caps.
• The average caps per player in the backline are 26, the forwards 31 while the players on the bench average 23. The average age of the starting 15 is 26.

Approaching milestone:
• Handré Pollard will become the second most-capped Springbok flyhalf with his 38th cap, surpassing Butch James with 37 caps as a flyhalf.

Records vs Scotland:
• South Africa’s overall record against Scotland at BT Murrayfield: P: 16; W: 12; L: 4; PF: 411; PA: 156; TF: 56; TA: 14; Average score: 26-10; Win%: 75%.
• The top Springbok scorers at BT Murrayfield are: Percy Montgomery (59 points, 17 conversions, 5 penalty goals); Joost van der Westhuizen (4 tries); and Jaco van der Westhuyzen (3 drop goals).
• The match records are: Percy Montgomery (26 points and 8 conversions); Six players have scored 2 tries; Morné Steyn (4 penalty goals) and Jaco van der Westhuyzen (3 drop goals).
• South Africa’s overall record against Scotland is: P: 26; W: 21; L: 5; PF: 686; PA: 286; TF: 86; TA: 28; Average score: 26-11. Win%: 81%.
• South Africa’s biggest win against Scotland (58 points) was on 6 December 1997 at BT Murrayfield when the Springboks ran in 10 tries with the final score 68-10. On the day, Percy Montgomery scored 26 points with two tries and eight conversions.
• The Springboks’ biggest loss against Scotland was on 16 November 2002 at BT Murrayfield when the visitors lost by 6-21.

The stadium:
• The first Test match at BT Murrayfield took place on 25 March 1925, when Scotland beat England 14-11 and thereby winning their first Grand Slam in the erstwhile Five Nations Championship.
• South Africa’s first Test against Scotland at BT Murrayfield took place on 6 January 1932, when Bennie Osler’s Springboks beat Scotland 6-3 in front of 74 000 spectators.
• Since that day, the Springboks have played 15 Test matches at BT Murrayfield against Scotland, plus a solitary Test against Spain as part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup tournament.
• The present seating capacity of BT Murrayfield is 67 144.