The national rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 teams of Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...

 and South Africa

South Africa national rugby union team

The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...

 (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby

Test match (rugby union)

Test match in rugby union is a match recognised as being a full international match by at least one of the participating teams' governing bodies. It is an unofficial but widely used term in the sport....

 since 1906, and as of 20 November 2010, they have met in 21 Test matches. Their first meeting was on 17 November 1906, and was won 6-0 by Scotland and their last meeting was on 20 November 2010, and was won 21-17 by Scotland, a result that ended the Springboks' hopes of claiming a record 5th Grand Slam

Grand Slam tours

A Grand Slam tour is a tour by a Southern Hemisphere rugby union national team in which the team plays and beats all four "home" nations - , , and ....

 over the Home Nations

Home Nations

Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...

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Overall summary

Details	Played	Won by Scotland	Won by South Africa	Drawn	Scotland points	South Africa points
In Scotland	15	5	11	0	152	378
In South Africa	5	0	5	0	85	140
Neutral venue	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall	21	5	16	0	237	518

Results

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
20 November 2010	Murrayfield Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screen" in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one... , Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...	21-17		2010 Grand Slam Tour 2010 end of year rugby tests The 2010 end of year rugby tests, also known as the Autumn internationals in the northern hemisphere, will see Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and tour the northern hemisphere. Test matches will also be arranged involving the various Pacific island teams and other non-Tier 1...  (South Africa defeated Ireland and Wales, lost to Scotland and defeated England)
15 November 2008	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10-14		2008 Autumn International 2008 end of year rugby tests The 2008 end of year rugby tests, also known as the Autumn internationals saw Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, the Pacific Islanders and Canada tour the northern hemisphere. The tour ended with the traditional 'final challenge' Barbarians match, against Australia, which was the...
25 August 2007	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	3-27		2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up test 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests Throughout August 2007, various teams prepared for the Rugby World Cup in France with a short series of test matches, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and involving the RBS Six Nations sides. In addition, South Africa will play one test in Scotland following the 2007 Tri Nations and Argentina...
17 June 2006	Boet Erasmus Stadium EPRFU Stadium EPRU Stadium, also known by its original name of Boet Erasmus Stadium, is a stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 33,852 people. The original name Boet Erasmus Stadium was named after Boet Erasmus, a former mayor of Port Elizabeth.It was used mostly for rugby union... , Port Elizabeth	29-15		2006 Scottish Tour of South Africa
10 June 2006	Kings Park Stadium Kings Park Stadium Kings Park , is a stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa, which was originally built in 1891 and extensively renovated in the 1990s... , Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...	36-16
27 November 2004	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10-45		2004 Grand Slam Tour (South Africa defeated Wales and Ireland, lost to England and defeated Scotland)
14 June 2003	Ellis Park Ellis Park Stadium Ellis Park Stadium, also known because of its sponsorship by The Coca-Cola Company as Coca-Cola Park, is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's... , Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	28-19		2003 Scottish Tour of South Africa
7 June 2003	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	29-25
16 November 2002	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	21-6		2002 Autumn International
3 October 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	29-46		1999 Rugby World Cup 1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
21 November 1998	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10-35		1998 Grand Slam Tour (South Africa defeated Wales, Scotland and Ireland before losing to England)
6 December 1997	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10-68		1997 Autumn International
19 November 1994	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	10-34		1994 Autumn International
6 December 1969	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	6-3		1969-70 Grand Slam Tour 1969-70 South Africa rugby union tour - Matches :...  (South Africa lost to Scotland and England before drawing their matches with Ireland and Wales)
17 April 1965	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	8-5
21 January 1961	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	5-12		1960-61 Grand Slam Tour (South Africa defeated all four Home Nations Home Nations Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom... )
30 April 1960	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	18-10
24 November 1951	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	0-44		1951-52 Grand Slam Tour 1951-52 South Africa rugby union tour The 1951-52 South Africa tour of Britain, Ireland and France was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national rugby union team against the four British Home Nation teams and France. The tour also took in several matches against British, Irish and French club,...  (South Africa defeated all four Home Nations & France)
16 January 1932	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	3-6		1931-32 Grand Slam Tour 1931-32 South Africa rugby union tour The 1931-32 South Africa tour of Britain and Ireland was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national rugby union team against the four British Home Nation teams. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish club, county and invitational teams...  (South Africa defeated all four Home Nations)
23 November 1912	Inverleith Inverleith Inverleith is an inner suburb in the northern part of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. It is an affluent suburb. Its neighbours include Trinity to the north and the New Town to the south, with Canonmills at the south-east and Stockbridge at the south-west... , Edinburgh	0-16		1912-13 Grand Slam Tour 1912-13 South Africa rugby union tour The 1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national rugby union team against England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish club, county and invitational teams...  (South Africa defeated all four Home Nations & France)
17 November 1906	Hampden Park Hampden Park Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland... , Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...	6-0		1906-07 Grand Slam Tour (This 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)