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Full time5 October 2013
South Africa
27–38
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2013Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn3–0
  2. 13’TNew Zealand try · Ben Smith3–5
  3. 14’CNew Zealand conversion · Aaron Cruden3–7
  4. 19’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana8–7
  5. 20’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn10–7
  6. 21’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana15–7
  7. 27’TNew Zealand try · Liam Messam15–12
  8. 28’CNew Zealand conversion · Aaron Cruden15–14
  9. 43’TNew Zealand try · Liam Messam15–19
  10. 44’CNew Zealand conversion · Aaron Cruden15–21
  11. 48’TSouth Africa try · Willie Le Roux20–21
  12. 49’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn22–21
  13. 56’PNew Zealand penalty · Beauden Barrett22–24
  14. 59’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers27–24
  15. 62’TNew Zealand try · Beauden Barrett27–29
  16. 63’CNew Zealand conversion · Beauden Barrett27–31
  17. 66’TNew Zealand try · Kieran Read27–36
  18. 67’CNew Zealand conversion · Beauden Barrett27–38

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Juandre KrugerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Willem AlbertsFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13JJ EngelbrechtCentre
  14. 14Willie Le RouxWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Coenie OosthuizenBench
  19. 19Franco Van Der MerweBench
  20. 20Siya KolisiBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Charlie FaumuinaProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Liam MessamFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Aaron CrudenFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Ben SmithWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Dane ColesBench
  17. 17Wyatt CrockettBench
  18. 18Ben FranksBench
  19. 19Steven LuatuaBench
  20. 20Sam CaneBench
  21. 21Tawera Kerr-BarlowBench
  22. 22Beauden BarrettBench
  23. 23Salesi PiutauBench

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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.