Scotland v South Africa: Match facts

SCOTLANDThere are 13 members of the Scotland starting line up that have previous experience of playing Test rugby against South Africa for their country and they have won two out of 37 matches between them.

Hooker Ross Ford came on as a replacement for the British and Irish Lions side that beat South Africa 28-9 in Johannesburg in July 2009.

Nathan Hines, Nikki Walker and Chris Paterson, who starts on the replacements bench, are the only three players in the squad to experience a Scotland victory over South Africa and they are also the only three players to score a try against the Springboks. Walker's try came in the 2002 victory at Murrayfield.

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Chris Paterson has made 100 Test appearances for Scotland and scored 752 points, both of which are records for his country. He needs two more tries to equal Tony Stanger and Ian Smith, who are the leading try scorers in Scottish Test rugby history with 24 each.

The front row combination of Allan Jacobsen, Ross Ford and Euan Murray will equal the Scottish record for starting the most games as a unit (won 6, drawn 1 and lost 8). The current record of 16 starts is held by two combinations - David Sole, Kenny Milne & Paul Burnell (won 10, drawn 1 and lost 5), and Iain Milne, Colin Deans & Jim Aitken (won 9, drawn 2 and lost 5).

SOUTH AFRICA

Victor Matfield became the most

capped player in South African Test history last weekend. This will be his 14th game as captain of the Springboks, who have won nine and lost four under his leadership. He has played against Scotland seven times and has been on the winning side on each occasion.

Morne Steyn needs just one more point to reach 300 in Tests, having scored 299 in just 23 appearances. He would become only the third South African to achieve that landmark after Percy Montgomery and Naas Botha.

South Africa have scored 995 points since Peter de Villiers took over as head coach and need five points today to reach 1,000 in his 38th Test match with the Springboks.

Jean de Villiers needs one more try to reach 100 points in international rugby. Francois Steyn needs three more points to reach 100 in Test matches.

No players in the South Africa squad have scored a try against Scotland in 34 appearances between them, although none of the starting line up have experienced defeat at the hands of this weekend's opponents.

CJ van der Linde is one of two players on the replacements bench who were involved in the defeat to Scotland in November 2002, when he made his debut in a Springbok shirt as a late replacement. Adi Jacobs also played in that match.

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