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Full time25 July 2009
South Africa
28–19
New Zealand
Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tri Nations 2009Head-to-head

South Africa won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PNew Zealand penalty · Stephen Donald0–3
  2. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn3–3
  3. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar6–3
  4. 26’TSouth Africa try · Ruan Pienaar11–3
  5. 34’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn14–3
  6. 44’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn17–3
  7. 49’TNew Zealand try · Conrad Smith17–8
  8. 50’CNew Zealand conversion · Stephen Donald17–10
  9. 53’PNew Zealand penalty · Stephen Donald17–13
  10. 58’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn20–13
  11. 65’PNew Zealand penalty · Stephen Donald20–16
  12. 73’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie25–16
  13. 76’PNew Zealand penalty · Stephen Donald25–19
  14. 79’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn28–19

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Ruan PienaarFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Danie RossouwBench
  19. 19Ryan KankowskiBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Morne SteynBench
  22. 22Wynand OlivierBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Neemia TialataProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Isaac RossSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Brendon LeonardScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen DonaldFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Josevata RokocokoWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Owen FranksBench
  18. 18Jason EatonBench
  19. 19Kieran ReadBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Luke McAlisterBench
  22. 22Cory JaneBench

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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.