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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Twickenham, London · 24 October 2015Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 2 points.Half-time 12–7 · Tries 0–2 · RSA 1 yellow card · NZL 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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3′11′21′33′39′58′60′69′6527094Attacks2329Ball won8724922681125137116213543%Own 2226%Own half69%Opp half22%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA13120
NZL833
← New Zealand attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
6′New ZealandTry, Jerome Kaino, converted3–5
52′New ZealandTry, Beauden Barrett, converted12–15
3′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
11′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
21′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
33′New ZealandPenalty goal missed
39′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
46′New ZealandDrop goal scored
58′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
60′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
69′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 1 NZL card
6′Jerome Kaino52′Beauden Barrett
RSA

Team stats

NZL
43%Possession57%
33%Territory67%
76Carries117
149Metres gained387
3Clean breaks5
3Defenders beaten20
79Passes161
0Offloads3
131Tackles made83
20Tackles missed3
56/62Rucks won89/93
13/17Lineouts won11/11
7/7Scrums won4/5
10/11Mauls won4/5
6Turnovers won9
6Penalties conceded14
40Kicks from hand47
472Kick metres370
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 0/0, penalties 6/6 · NZL conversions 2/2, penalties 1/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Jannie Du PlessisBench
  19. 19Victor MatfieldBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Joe MoodyProp
  2. 2Dane ColesHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Nehe Milner-SkudderWing
  15. 15Ben SmithFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Charlie FaumuinaBench
  19. 19Victor VitoBench
  20. 20Sam CaneBench
  21. 21Tawera Kerr-BarlowBench
  22. 22Beauden BarrettBench
  23. 23Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

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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.