Reviewed by Shihaam IsaacsSouth Africa sports betting writer
Published 29 September 2026
Australia beat South Africa by forty two points to thirty eight at Optus Stadium in Perth on 27 September, after four yellow cards in the closing minutes reduced the hosts to eleven players.
Australia led by twenty four points to seventeen at half time. Len Ikitau scored two tries and Ben Donaldson, Harry Wilson and Max Jorgensen scored the others.
Four yellow cards at the end
Harry Wilson went to the sin bin in the 69th minute for a high shot on Malcolm Marx. Ryan Lonergan followed in the 71st minute, and South Africa were awarded a penalty try.
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Hunter Paisami were both shown yellow cards after Lonergan’s, and the four cards reduced Australia to eleven players.
The Springbok reply
South Africa scored through Johan Grobbelaar, Edwill van der Merwe, the penalty try, Morne van den Berg and Ox Nche.
Van den Berg and Nche scored the last two, both of them from the side named for Perth.
Les Kiss on the finish
Les Kiss said the finish was bizarre for sure, and that there was a real calmness in the coaching box for the majority of it.
