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Full time5 July 2008
New Zealand
19–8
South Africa
Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2008Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter3–0
  2. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James3–3
  3. 22’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter6–3
  4. 30’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter9–3
  5. 38’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana9–8
  6. 46’TNew Zealand try · Jerome Kaino14–8
  7. 47’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter16–8
  8. 73’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter19–8

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Adam ThomsonFlanker
  7. 7Rodney So'oialoFlanker
  8. 8Jerome KainoNumber 8
  9. 9Andy EllisScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Rudi WulfWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Neemia TialataBench
  18. 18Anthony BoricBench
  19. 19Sione LauakiBench
  20. 20Jimmy CowanBench
  21. 21Stephen DonaldBench
  22. 22Leon MacDonaldBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14Odwa NdunganeWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Brian MujatiBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Luke WatsonBench
  20. 20Bolla ConradieBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
South Africa 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.