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Full time16 August 2008
South Africa
0–19
New Zealand
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tri Nations 2008Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TNew Zealand try · Conrad Smith0–5
  2. 67’TNew Zealand try · Daniel Carter0–10
  3. 68’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter0–12
  4. 76’TNew Zealand try · Keven Mealamu0–17
  5. 77’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter0–19

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Andries BekkerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Adi JacobsCentre
  13. 13Jean De VilliersCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Brian MujatiBench
  18. 18Danie RossouwBench
  19. 19Luke WatsonBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Conrad JantjesBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Jimmy CowanScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Richard KahuiWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17John AfoaBench
  18. 18Anthony BoricBench
  19. 19Adam ThomsonBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Stephen DonaldBench
  22. 22Isaia ToeavaBench

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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.