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title: "Rugby Championship 2019: South Africa vs Australia – as it happened"
description: "The Springboks take on the Wallabies in the first fixture of the 2019 Rugby Championship at Ellis Park. History favours the boks but the Australian team is no pushover. Follow the action through our live blog."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Live Blog"
author: "Max Benson"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/maxbenson/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-07-20-rugby-championship-2019-south-africa-vs-australia/"
published: "2019-07-20T16:17:09"
updated: "2019-07-20T20:07:35"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# Rugby Championship 2019: South Africa vs Australia – as it happened

> The Springboks take on the Wallabies in the first fixture of the 2019 Rugby Championship at Ellis Park. History favours the boks but the Australian team is no pushover. Follow the action through our live blog.

By Max Benson · Published 20 July 2019, 18:17 SAST · Updated 20 July 2019, 22:07 SAST