27 August 2022
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
The Rugby Championship
South Africa
17
Australia
25
Captain: Siya Kolisi Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Coach: Jacques Nienaber Attendance: 36,336
Team - Combined caps: 671 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Ox Nche Sharks 2711 
Hooker Joseph Dweba WP 263 
Tight-head Prop Frans Malherbe WP 3150 
Lock Eben Etzebeth Sharks 30102 
Lock Lood de Jager Wild Knights 2960 
Flank (C) Siya Kolisi Sharks 3167 
Flank Pieter-Steph du Toit Verblitz 3062 
Eighthman Duane Vermeulen Ulster 3662 
Scrumhalf Faf de Klerk Canon 3039 
Flyhalf Handré Pollard Leicester 28641 penalty
Left Wing Makazole Mapimpi Sharks 3229 
Inside Centre Damian de Allende Wild Knights 3062 
Outside Centre Lukhanyo Am Sharks 2830 
Right Wing Warrick Gelant WP 2710 
Full Back Damian Willemse WP 2420 
Reserve Malcolm Marx Spears 2851 
Reserve Steven Kitshoff WP 3063 
Reserve Kwagga Smith Yamaha 29232 tries
Reserve Francois Steyn Cheetahs 3574 
Reserve Vincent Koch Wasps 3236 
Reserve Franco Mostert Honda 3155 
Reserve Jaden Hendrikse Sharks 2261 conversion
Reserve Elton Jantjies Docomo 32451 conversion
Australia: 3 tries, 2 conversions, 2 penalties
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Team for the Adelaide test:
Back: Jaden Hendrikse, Lukhanyo Am, Malcolm Marx, Lood de Jager, Franco Mostert, Frans Malherbe, Vincent Koch
Middle: Faf de Klerk, Ox Nche, Elton Jantjies, Damian Willemse, Makazole Mapimpi, Kwagga Smith, Warrick Gelant, Joseph Dweba
Front: Damian de Allende, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Frans Steyn, Siya Kolisi (captain), Jacques Nienaber (coach), Eben Etzebeth, Handré Pollard, Duan Vermeulen, Steven Kitshoff