Captain Stirling Mortlock fought off two tacklers to score the only try of the second half, giving Australia a 16-9 win over South Africa in a Tri-Nations rugby match Saturday.
Australia's win in its first match of this year's Tri-Nations, left the World Cup-champion Springboks with a 1-2 Tri-Nations record while New Zealand is 1-1. It was the fourth straight win for the Wallabies under new coach Robbie Deans.
Mortlock's try in the tight defensive game came in the 45th minute when he muscled his way through the South African defense to score in the corner. Matt Giteau missed the conversion but put Australia up 13-3 in the 51st minute with a penalty.
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