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: 36336

Team:
Combined caps: 671 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Ox Nche	Sharks	27	11
Hooker	Joseph Dweba	WP	26	3
Tight-head Prop	Frans Malherbe	WP	31	50
Lock	Eben Etzebeth	Sharks	30	102
Lock	Lood de Jager	Wild Knights	29	60
Flank (C)	Siya Kolisi	Sharks	31	67
Flank	Pieter-Steph du Toit	Verblitz	30	62
Eighthman	Duane Vermeulen	Ulster	36	62
Scrumhalf	Faf de Klerk	Canon	30	39
Flyhalf	Handré Pollard	Leicester	28	64	1 penalty
Left Wing	Makazole Mapimpi	Sharks	32	29
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	Wild Knights	30	62
Outside Centre	Lukhanyo Am	Sharks	28	30
Right Wing	Warrick Gelant	WP	27	10
Full Back	Damian Willemse	WP	24	20
Reserve	Malcolm Marx	Spears	28	51
Reserve	Steven Kitshoff	WP	30	63
Reserve	Kwagga Smith	Yamaha	29	23	2 tries
Reserve	Francois Steyn	Cheetahs	35	74
Reserve	Vincent Koch	Wasps	32	36
Reserve	Franco Mostert	Honda	31	55
Reserve	Jaden Hendrikse	Sharks	22	6	1 conversion
Reserve	Elton Jantjies	Docomo	32	45	1 conversion

Australia: 3 tries, 2 conversions, 2 penalties

Match pictures:

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