Have Scotland ever beaten South Africa? South Africa v Scotland Match Reports Scotland suffered a demoralising start to their World Cup campaign as world champions South Africa squeezed the life out of them in Marseille. The Boks kicked off their defence of the Webb Ellis Cup with an 18-3 victory on Sunday evening after two tries from Pieter-Steph du Toit and Kurt-Lee Arendse in the third quarter took the game away from the Scots following a tightly-contested first half. A selection of match reports is listed below: Autumn Internationals: Scotland fall to defeat in bruising World Cup opener against South Africa BBC: Ruthless South Africa too strong for Scotland Guardian: South Africa’s Du Toit and Arendse break Scotland resistance for win Daily Mail: Springboks’ World Cup defence gets off to a winning start after Jesse Kriel controversially avoids red card Sky Sports: Springboks’ Rugby World Cup defence off to winning start after second-half double Scotsman: Defeat in opening match as champions South Africa prove too strong in Marseille Scottish Rugby: Match Report: South Africa 18-3 Scotland South Africa v Scotland – Match Stats South Africa (6) 18 Try: du Toit (47′), Arendse (50′) Conversion: de Klerk (52′) Penalty: Libbok (13′, 25′) Scotland (3) 3 Penalty: Russell (41′) Man of the match: Manie Libbok (South Africa)Their first meeting was on 17 November 1906, and was won 6-0 by Scotland and their most recent match was on 10 September 2023 at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and was won 18-3 by South Africa. South Africa have won the majority of games played between the two sides, with 23 victories in the 28 matches. South Africa v Scotland- Team Line-ups South Africa Team Forwards 1 Steven Kitshoff 2 Malcolm Marx 3 Frans Malherbe 4 Eben Etzebeth 5 Franco Mostert 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain) 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit 8 Jasper Wiese Backs 9 Faf de Klerk 10 Manie Libbok 11 Cheslin Kolbe 12 Damian de Allende 13 Jesse Kriel 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse 15 Damian Willemse Replacements 16 Bongi Mbonambi 17 Ox Nche 18 Trevor Nyakane 19 RG Snyman 20 Marco van Staden 21 Duane Vermeulen 22 Grant Williams 23 Willie le Roux Scotland Team Forwards 1 Pierre Schoeman 2 George Turner 3 Zander Fagerson 4 Richie Gray 5 Grant Gilchrist 6 Jamie Ritchie (Captain) 7 Rory Darge 8 Jack Dempsey Backs 9 Ben White 10 Finn Russell 11 Duhan van der Merwe 12 Sione Tuipulotu 13 Huw Jones 14 Darcy Graham 15 Blair Kinghorn Replacements 16 Dave Cherry 17 Jamie Bhatti 18 WP Nel 19 Scott Cummings 20 Matt Fagerson 21 Ali Price 22 Cameron Redpath 23 Ollie Smith