Rugby Championship: Wallabies player ratings from 30-17 victory over world champion Springboks

The Wallabies have surged up to third in the world rankings after an impressive 30-17 victory over South Africa at Suncorp Stadium tonight.

Here's how all the Australian players rated from the Rugby Championship clash.

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1: James Slipper 5/10

Promoted to the starting lineup and battled manfully at scrum time, despite being slightly overmatched.

2: Folau Fainga'a 7.5/10

Tidy all-round performance – both in the set piece and in broken play.

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3: Taniela Tupou 9/10

Put in 78 minutes of excellent work around the field – including dynamic ball-running and a fantastic sleight of hand to put Marika Koroibete away for a crucial try.

4: Izack Rodda 5/10

Industrious once again, despite being overshadowed by his locking partner.

5: Matt Philip 7/10

Grabbed some nice lineout takes, with good defensive work – including at maul time.

6: Lachlan Swinton 5/10

Another rugged display without the errors of last week, but was sin-binned in slightly unlucky circumstances.

7: Michael Hooper 8/10

The record-breaking skipper had a typically impressive performance. Led the tackle count, made line breaks and won a key turnover penalty while under immense pressure.

8: Rob Valetini 6/10

Strong display last week and showed good football smarts again, especially in winning a turnover penalty.

9: Nic White 7/10

Forced his way back into the No.9 jersey and showed why with a solid kicking game and crisp passing to lay on two early tries.

10: Quade Cooper 6.5/10

Looked assured back in front of his home crowd, despite some goal kicking wobbles.

11: Marika Koroibete 8/10

Almost did the splits in an early tackle and ran a beautiful line to set up the second try, before grabbing two very well-deserved five pointers of his own.

12: Samu Kerevi 7/10

Terrorised the Springbok defence again and seems to provide a lot of comfort in combination with Quade Cooper and Len Ikitau.

13: Len Ikitau 9.5/10

Best display in a Wallabies jersey. Started with a brace of tries and was excellent in defence once again.

14: Andrew Kellaway 5/10

Spilled an early chance at a try, but made up for it with a good effort around the field – especially on key defensive reads.

15: Tom Banks 5.5/10

Showed good attacking spark, before suffering a suspected broken arm in the 29th minute.

RESERVES

16: Feleti Kaitu'u 4/10

Lineout work was shaky and didn't make as much of an impact overall in his second Test.

17: Angus Bell N/A

18: Tom Robertson 5/10

Got his first taste of Test action for the season and worked hard.

19: Darcy Swain N/A

20: Pete Samu 7/10

Provided more brilliance off the bench, including a massive line break in the lead up to Koroibete's second try.

21: Tate McDermott 4/10

Demoted to bench duties and struggled to make an impact.

22: Reece Hodge 6/10

Replaced Tom Banks in the first half and had his wobbles, but started to find some confidence with strong kick chases and a huge turnover at ruck time.

23: Jordan Petaia N/A