History of rugby union matches between Scotland and South Africa

Cartoon after the SA-Scotland match in 1906

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 15 June 2013, they have met in 23 Test matches. Their first meeting was on 17 November 1906, and was won 6-0 by Scotland and their most recent match was on 15 June 2013, and was won 30-17 by South Africa.

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)

Overall summary

Details	Played	Won by Scotland	Won by South Africa	Drawn	Scotland points	South Africa points
In Scotland	17	5	12	0	162	399
In South Africa	6	0	6	0	102	170
Neutral venue	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall	23	5	18	0	264	569

Results

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
15 June 2013	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	30 – 17	South Africa	South African Quadrangular tournament
17 November 2012	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10 – 21	South Africa	2012 Autumn International
20 November 2010	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	21 – 17	Scotland	2010 Grand Slam Tour (South Africa defeated Ireland, Wales and England, lost to Scotland)
15 November 2008	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10 – 14	South Africa	2008 Autumn International
25 August 2007	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	3 –27	South Africa	2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up test
17 June 2006	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	29 –15	South Africa	Scottish tour of South Africa
10 June 2006	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	36 –16	South Africa
27 November 2004	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10 – 45	South Africa	2004 Autumn Internationals
14 June 2003	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	28 –19	South Africa	2003 Scottish Tour of South Africa
7 June 2003	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	29 –25	South Africa
16 November 2002	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	21 –6	Scotland	2002 Autumn International
3 October 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	29 –46	South Africa	1999 Rugby World Cup
21 November 1998	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10 –35	South Africa	1998 South Africa rugby union tour
6 December 1997	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10 –68	South Africa	1997 Autumn International
19 November 1994	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10 –34	South Africa	1994 Autumn International
6 December 1969	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	6 –3	Scotland	1969-70 South Africa tour (South Africa lost to Scotland and England before drawing their matches with Ireland and Wales)
17 April 1965	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	8 –5	Scotland
21 January 1961	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	5 –12	South Africa	1960-61 South Africa rugby union tour
30 April 1960	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	18 –10	South Africa
24 November 1951	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	0 –44	South Africa	1951-52 South Africa tour (South Africa defeated all four Home Nations & France)
16 January 1932	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	3 –6	South Africa	1931-32 South Africa tour (South Africa defeated all four Home Nations)
23 November 1912	Inverleith, Edinburgh	0 –16	South Africa	1912-13 South Africa tour
17 November 1906	Hampden Park, Glasgow	6 –0	Scotland	1906-07 South Africa tour

External links

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