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Full time6 October 2012
South Africa
16–32
New Zealand
FNB Stadium, Soweto, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2012Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 14’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana5–0
  2. 15’CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Goosen7–0
  3. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Goosen10–0
  4. 27’TNew Zealand try · Samuel Whitelock10–5
  5. 35’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter10–7
  6. 35’TNew Zealand try · Aaron Smith10–12
  7. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies13–12
  8. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies16–12
  9. 42’TNew Zealand try · Ma'a Nonu16–17
  10. 43’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter16–19
  11. 53’TNew Zealand try · Conrad Smith16–24
  12. 54’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter16–26
  13. 65’DNew Zealand drop goal · Daniel Carter16–29
  14. 74’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter16–32

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Andries BekkerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Johan GoosenFly-half
  11. 11Francois HougaardWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaco TauteCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Tiaan LiebenbergBench
  17. 17Coenie OosthuizenBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Marcell CoetzeeBench
  20. 20Elton JantjiesBench
  21. 21Juan de JonghBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Liam MessamFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Hosea GearWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Cory JaneWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Luke RomanoBench
  19. 19Adam ThomsonBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Aaron CrudenBench
  22. 22Tamati EllisonBench

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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.