Full time30 June 1928
Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1928Head-to-head

South Africa won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Bennie Osler3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Bennie Osler6–0
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Jack Slater9–0
  4. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Bennie Osler13–0
  5. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Bennie Osler17–0

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Phil MostertProp
  2. 2Theuns KrugerHooker
  3. 3Stefanus van WykProp
  4. 4Hennie PotgieterSecond row
  5. 5Flip NelSecond row
  6. 6Jack Van DrutenFlanker
  7. 7Nick PretoriusFlanker
  8. 8George DaneelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Bennie OslerFly-half
  11. 11Boet PrinslooWing
  12. 12Bernie DuffyCentre
  13. 13Sharkey OslerCentre
  14. 14Jack SlaterWing
  15. 15Jackie TindallFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 15David LindsayFull-back
  2. Geoff AlleyForward
  3. Syd CarletonThree-quarter
  4. John SwainForward
  5. Swin HadleyForward
  6. Maurice BrownlieForward
  7. Bill DalleyFly-half
  8. George ScrimshawForward
  9. Ron StewartForward
  10. Bill HazlettForward
  11. Lance JohnsonFive-eighth
  12. Bert GrensideThree-quarter
  13. Alan RobilliardThree-quarter
  14. Bunny FinlaysonForward
  15. William StrangFive-eighth

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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.