TheBreakdown
Full time12 July 2008
New Zealand
28–30
South Africa
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter3–0
  2. 11’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter6–0
  3. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery6–3
  4. 18’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter9–3
  5. 21’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery9–6
  6. 24’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery9–9
  7. 26’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter12–9
  8. 34’TSouth Africa try · JP Pietersen12–14
  9. 38’DSouth Africa drop goal · Butch James12–17
  10. 43’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter15–17
  11. 57’TNew Zealand try · Sione Lauaki20–17
  12. 58’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter22–17
  13. 64’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James22–20
  14. 67’DNew Zealand drop goal · Daniel Carter25–20
  15. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James25–23
  16. 75’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter28–23
  17. 76’TSouth Africa try · Ricky Januarie28–28
  18. 77’CSouth Africa conversion · Frans Steyn28–30

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3John AfoaProp
  4. 4Anthony BoricSecond 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. 18Kevin O'NeillBench
  19. 19Sione LauakiBench
  20. 20Jimmy CowanBench
  21. 21Stephen DonaldBench
  22. 22Leon MacDonaldBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  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. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Schalk BritsBench
  17. 17Brian MujatiBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Luke WatsonBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Conrad JantjesBench

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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.