Scotland (12) 21 / Springboks (9) 17 (Final Score)

Scotland hosted the Springboks at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh at 16:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.

In a scrappy game a brave Scotland held out to beat the Springboks and shatter their Grand Slam hopes.

Worst Springbok performance in a very long time.

Scores:

Scotland: 6 Penalties & 1 Drop Goal Dan Parks

Springboks: 4 Penalties Morné Steyn, 1 Try Willem Alberts

  

Teams:

Scotland: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Nikki Walker,  13 Max Evans,  12 Graeme Morrison,  11 Sean Lamont,  10 Dan Parks, 9 Rory Lawson (captain), 8 Kelly Brown, 7 John Barclay, 6 Nathan Hines, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Scott MacLeod, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.  
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall,  17 Moray Low,  18 Richie Vernon, 19 Ross Rennie, 20 Greig Laidlaw, 21 Ruaridh Jackson, 22 Chris Paterson.

South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Frans Steyn, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 François Hougaard, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss , 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Patrick Lambie, 22 Adi Jacobs.

Date: Saturday 20 November
Venue: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 16.30 SA Time (14.30 GMT)
Expected weather: Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain or showers. High of 7°C and low of 2°C.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Federico Pastrana (Argentina)
TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)

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