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History of rugby union matches between Scotland and South Africa

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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.

Summary

=Overall=

class="wikitable sortable"
width="125"| Details

!width="125"| Played

!width="125"| Won by
Scotland

!width="125"| Won by
South Africa

!width="125"| Drawn

!width="125"| Scotland points

!width="125"| South Africa points

In Scotland

| 21

| 5

| 16

| 0

| 212

| 515

In South Africa

| 7

| 0

| 7

| 0

| 108

| 225

Neutral venue

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 19

| 52

Overall

| 30

| 5

| 25

| 0

| 339

| 792

=Records=

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

class="wikitable"
Record

!Scotland

!South Africa

Longest winning streak

|2 (17 Apr 1965 – 19 Nov 1994)

|9 (17 Nov 2012–present)

colspan=3 align=center|Largest points for
Home

|29 (3 October 1999)

|55 (28 June 2014)

Away

|25 (7 June 2003)

|68 (6 December 1997)

colspan=3 align=center|Largest winning margin
Home

|15 (16 November 2002)

|49 (28 June 2014)

Away

|NA

|58 (6 December 1997)

colspan=3 align=center|Largest aggregate score
colspan=3 align=center|78 (South Africa 68 - 10 Scotland) (6 December 1997)

Results

class="wikitable"
No.

! Date

! Venue

! Score

! Winner

! Competition

1

| 17 November 1906

| Hampden Park, Glasgow

| align="center"| 6–0

| {{ru|SCO}}

| 1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

2

| 23 November 1912

| Inverleith, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 0–16

| {{ru|South Africa|1912}}

| 1912-13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

3

| 16 January 1932

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 3–6

| {{ru|South Africa|1928}}

| 1931–32 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

4

| 24 November 1951

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 0–44

| {{ru|South Africa|1928}}

| 1951–52 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

5

| 30 April 1960

| EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth

| align="center"| 18–10

| {{ru|South Africa|1928}}

|

6

| 21 January 1961

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 5–12

| {{ru|South Africa|1928}}

| 1960–61 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

7

| 17 April 1965

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 8–5

| {{ru|Scotland}}

| 1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Scotland and Ireland

8

| 6 December 1969

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 6–3

| {{ru|Scotland}}

| 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

9

| 19 November 1994

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 10–34

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 1994 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

10

| 6 December 1997

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 10–68

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 1997 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

11

| 21 November 1998

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 10–35

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 1998 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

12

| 3 October 1999

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 29–46

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 1999 Rugby World Cup

13

| 16 November 2002

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 21–6

| {{ru|Scotland}}

| 2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

14

| 7 June 2003

| Kings Park Stadium, Durban

| align="center"| 29–25

| {{ru|RSA}}

| rowspan="2"| 2003 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa

15

| 14 June 2003

| Ellis Park, Johannesburg

| align="center"| 28–19

| {{ru|RSA}}

16

| 27 November 2004

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 10–45

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2004 Autumn Internationals

17

| 10 June 2006

| Kings Park Stadium, Durban

| align="center"| 36–16

| {{ru|RSA}}

| rowspan="2"| 2006 mid-year rugby test series

18

| 17 June 2006

| EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth

| align="center"| 29–15

| {{ru|RSA}}

19

| 25 August 2007

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 3–27

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up test

20

| 15 November 2008

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 10–14

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2008 Autumn International

21

| 20 November 2010

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 21–17

| {{ru|Scotland}}

| 2010 Autumn International

22

| 17 November 2012

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 10–21

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2012 Autumn International

23

| 15 June 2013

| Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

| align="center"| 30–17

| {{ru|RSA}}

| South African Quadrangular tournament

24

| 17 November 2013

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 0–28

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2013 Autumn International

25

| 28 June 2014

| Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

| align="center"| 55–6

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2014 Mid-year Test

26

| 3 October 2015

| St James' Park, Newcastle, England

| align="center"| 34–16

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2015 Rugby World Cup

27

| 17 November 2018

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 20–26

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2018 Autumn International

28

| 13 November 2021

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 15–30

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2021 Autumn International

29

| 10 September 2023

| Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

| align="center"| 18–3

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2023 Rugby World Cup

30

| 10 November 2024

| Murrayfield, Edinburgh

| align="center"| 15–32

| {{ru|RSA}}

| 2024 Autumn International

List of series

class="wikitable"
width="125"| Played

!width="125"| Won by
Scotland

!width="125"| Won by
South Africa

!width="125"| Drawn

align=center| 2

| align=center| 0

| align=center| 2

| align=center| 0

class="wikitable"
Year

! Scotland

! South Africa

! Series winner

{{flagicon|South Africa}} 2003

| align=center| 0

| align=center| 2

| {{ru|South Africa}}

{{flagicon|South Africa}} 2006

| align=center| 0

| align=center| 2

| {{ru|South Africa}}

External links

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