The Boks continued their unconvincing form in another narrow win over a brave Scotland team on Saturday 15 November 2008 at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The only positive in this win for the Boks was that they came from behind trailing 10-0 at half time. The match was marred by some very questionable refereeing, with the referee’s decisions at the break downs puzzling and frustrating both teams. Blaming the referees  for poor performances is unfair however bearing in mind the constant changes to a highly complex set of laws that has lead to a bizarre situation where the game of rugby is played under different laws in different parts of the world since the piecewise introduction of the controversial ELVs.

South Africa: South Africa: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Brian Mujati, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Frans Steyn, 22 Jaque Fourie.

link : Boks edge Scots