TheBreakdown
Full time17 July 2010
New Zealand
31–17
South Africa
Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2010Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TNew Zealand try · Ma'a Nonu5–0
  2. 13’TNew Zealand try · Mils Muliaina10–0
  3. 32’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter13–0
  4. 38’TSouth Africa try · Danie Rossouw13–5
  5. 39’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn13–7
  6. 45’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn13–10
  7. 47’TNew Zealand try · Rene Ranger18–10
  8. 53’PNew Zealand penalty · Piri Weepu21–10
  9. 66’TNew Zealand try · Israel Dagg26–10
  10. 67’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter28–10
  11. 71’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter31–10
  12. 76’TSouth Africa try · Schalk Burger31–15
  13. 77’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn31–17

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Tom DonnellySecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Piri WeepuScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Rene RangerWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Cory JaneWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Corey FlynnBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Samuel WhitelockBench
  19. 19Liam MessamBench
  20. 20Jimmy CowanBench
  21. 21Aaron CrudenBench
  22. 22Israel DaggBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Danie RossouwSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Francois LouwFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Jean De VilliersWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17BJ BothaBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Ryan KankowskiBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Butch JamesBench
  22. 22Gio AplonBench

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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.