Stats and facts in context to this weekends match:
– The Springbok starting team boasts a total of 567 Test caps (327 in the backline and 240 in the forwards), while there are 122 caps on the bench.
– South Africa and Australia have played each other 76 times since 1933, with the Springboks winning 42 Tests, losing 33 and drawing one. The Boks have scored 1,435 points and 172 tries and conceded 1,337 points and 138 tries for an average score of 19-18.
– South Africa and Australia last met on 29 September 2012 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The Boks won 31-8, with Bryan Habana scoring a hat-trick.
– Jean de Villiers will extend his record as the most-capped Springbok centre, with 74 Tests in this position.
– Bryan Habana will extend his record as the most-capped Springbok wing, with 87 Tests in this position and if he scores a try, he will extend his record of 51 Test tries for South Africa. He also just needs one try to equal the Rugby Championship record of Christian Cullen (New Zealand) who scored 16 tries in his Tri-Nations career. He will also extend his own South African record of nine career tries against Australia.
– Morné Steyn will extend his record as the most-capped Springbok flyhalf, with 46 Tests in this position. If he scores a try, Steyn will extend his record of seven Test tries as a flyhalf for South Africa and if he scores a drop goal, he will extend his own record of three career drop goals against Australia.
– Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis will extend their South African record of playing together in 26 Tests. If he scores a try, Bismarck will also extend his own record of seven Test tries for the Boks as a hooker.
– If he scores a try, Gurthrö Steenkamp will extend his own record of six tries as a prop for the Boks.
– The referee is George Clancy of Ireland. This will be his eighth Test involving South Africa. In the previous seven the Boks have won five and lost two. His last Test was against Scotland on 17 November 2012 at Murrayfield (the Boks won 21-10).
