10 September 2016
Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane
The Rugby Championship Match
South Africa
17
Australia
23
Captain: Adriaan Strauss Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Coach: Allister Coetzee Attendance: 30,327
Team - Combined caps: 481 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Tendai Mtawarira Sharks 3180 
Hooker (C) Adriaan Strauss Blue Bulls 3059 
Tight-head Prop Lourens Adriaanse Sharks 282 
Lock Eben Etzebeth WP 2449 
Lock Lood de Jager Cheetahs 2322 
Flank Francois Louw Bath 3148 
Flank Oupa Mohoje Cheetahs 2610 
Eighthman Warren Whiteley Lions 2881 try
Scrumhalf Faf de Klerk Lions 245 
Flyhalf Elton Jantjies Lions 2672 conversions
Left Wing Francois Hougaard Worcester 2835 
Inside Centre Juan de Jongh WP 2815 
Outside Centre Jesse Kriel Blue Bulls 2214 
Right Wing Bryan Habana Toulon 33119 
Full Back Johan Goosen Racing 2481 try
Reserve Pieter-Steph du Toit WP 2413 
Reserve Franco Mostert Lions 252 
Reserve Jaco Kriel Lions 273 
Reserve Steven Kitshoff Bordeaux 243 
Reserve Trevor Nyakane Blue Bulls 2725 
Reserve Lionel Mapoe Lions 286 
Reserve Morné Steyn Francais 32621 penalty
Reserve Bongi Mbonambi WP 251 
Australia: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 3 penalties
Match pictures:
Team for the Brisbane test:
Back: Lionel Mapoe, Jaco Kriel, Warren Whiteley, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Lood de Jager, Franco Mostert, Oupa Mohoje, Jesse Kriel
Middle: Bongi Mbonambi, Elton Jantjies, Johan Goosen, Trevor Nyakane, Steven Kitshoff, Juan de Jongh, Lourens Adriaanse, Faf de Klerk
Front: Eben Etzebeth, Morné Steyn, Bryan Habana, Allister Coetzee (coach), Adriaan Strauss (captain), Ian Schwartz (manager), Tendai Mtawarira, Francois Louw, Francois Hougaard