This weekend, South Africa will face Scotland in a do or die match if they want to have a chance of finishing top of the group in the Rugby World Cup.
The two teams have an extensive history which dates back to 1906.
Their first meeting was on 17 November 1906, and was won 6-0 by Scotland.
Their most recent match was on 28 June 2014, and was won 55-6 by South Africa.
The Bokke are only team to win an away match between the sides, having won 13 times in Scotland.
South Africa have won all seven of their home games.
Since South Africa’s rugby re-admission in 1992, the men in the green and gold have won 15 of the 17 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.
South Africa:
15 Willie le Roux‚ 14 JP Pietersen‚ 13 Jesse Kriel‚ 12 Damian de Allende‚ 11 Bryan Habana‚ 10 Handré Pollard‚ 9 Fourie du Preez (capt)‚ 8 Duane Vermeulen‚ 7 Schalk Burger ‚ 6 Francois Louw‚ 5 Lood de Jager‚ 4 Eben Etzebeth‚ 3 Jannie du Plessis‚ 2 Bismarck du Plessis‚ 1 Beast Mtawarira. Substitutes: 16 Adriaan Strauss‚ 17 Trevor Nyakane‚ 18 Frans Malherbe‚ 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit‚ 20 Willem Alberts‚ 21 Ruan Pienaar‚ 22 Pat Lambie‚ 23 Jan Serfontein.
Scotland:
15 Stuart Hogg‚ 14 Tommy Seymour‚ 13 Richie Vernon‚ 12 Peter Horne‚ 11 Tim Visser‚ 10 Duncan Weir‚ 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)‚ 8 Dave Denton‚ 7 Blair Cowan‚ 6 Josh Strauss‚ 5 Jonny Gray‚ 4 Richie Gray‚ 3 WP Nel‚ 2 Fraser Brown‚ 1 Gordon Reid. Substitutes: 16 Ross Ford‚ 17 Alasdair Dickinson‚ 18 Jon Welsh‚ 19 Tim Swinson‚ 20 Ryan Wilson‚ 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne‚ 22 Peter Horne‚ 23 Sean Lamont.
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