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Full time20 August 2011
South Africa
18–5
New Zealand
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tri Nations 2011Head-to-head

South Africa won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–0
  2. 11’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn6–0
  3. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn9–0
  4. 28’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn12–0
  5. 33’DSouth Africa drop goal · Morne Steyn15–0
  6. 36’TNew Zealand try · Richard Kahui15–5
  7. 61’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn18–5

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Pat LambieFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Tendai MtawariraBench
  18. 18CJ Van Der LindeBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Ashley JohnsonBench
  21. 21Francois HougaardBench
  22. 22Butch JamesBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3John AfoaProp
  4. 4Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Adam ThomsonFlanker
  8. 8Liam MessamNumber 8
  9. 9Jimmy CowanScrum-half
  10. 10Colin SladeFly-half
  11. 11Hosea GearWing
  12. 12Sonny Bill WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Richard KahuiCentre
  14. 14Isaia ToeavaWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Jarrad HoeataBench
  19. 19Victor VitoBench
  20. 20Andy EllisBench
  21. 21Piri WeepuBench
  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.