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Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry 2026 · FNB Stadium, Soweto · 5 September 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 5 points.Half-time 12–12 · Tries 4–4 · RSA 1 yellow card · NZL 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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11212637565866822674Attacks720Ball won6120318551381313133722922726%Own 2223%Own half51%Opp half71%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA15032
NZL10422
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA2/31/10
NZL2/40/10
← New Zealand attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
11′New ZealandTry, Ardie Savea, converted0–5
21′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse5–7
26′New ZealandTry, Ardie Savea5–12
37′South AfricaTry12–12
56′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan12–17
58′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, converted17–17
66′South AfricaTry, Malcolm Marx, converted24–17
82′New ZealandTry, Samisoni Taukei'aho, converted29–22
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 1 NZL card
11′Ardie Savea21′Kurt-Lee Arendse26′Ardie Savea37′RSA56′Will Jordan58′Jesse Kriel66′Malcolm Marx82′Samisoni Taukei'aho
RSA

Team stats

NZL
44%Possession56%
53%Territory47%
95Carries130
459Metres gained472
6Clean breaks12
22Defenders beaten32
105Passes182
1Offloads11
150Tackles made104
32Tackles missed22
61/65Rucks won93/97
12/12Lineouts won11/12
5/6Scrums won11/11
4/5Mauls won1/1
6Turnovers won7
11Penalties conceded12
19Kicks from hand20
609Kick metres548
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/3, penalties 1/1 · NZL conversions 2/4, penalties 0/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Ethan HookerWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  15. 15Cheslin KolbeFull-back
  16. 16Deon FourieBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Thomas Du ToitBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Andre EsterhuizenBench
  21. 21Cameron HanekomBench
  22. 22Morne van den BergBench
  23. 23Manie LibbokBench

New Zealand

  1. 1George BowerProp
  2. 2Asafo AumuaHooker
  3. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Tupou Vaa'iSecond row
  5. 5Sam DarrySecond row
  6. 6Peter LakaiFlanker
  7. 7Luke JacobsonFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Ruben LoveFly-half
  11. 11Leroy CarterWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Quinn TupaeaCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Samisoni Taukei'ahoBench
  17. 17Xavier NumiaBench
  18. 18Fletcher NewellBench
  19. 19Fabian HollandBench
  20. 20Wallace SititiBench
  21. 21Kyle PrestonBench
  22. 22Anton Lienert-BrownBench
  23. 23Josh MoorbyBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, South Africa 46–64 New Zealand, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
New Zealand going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.