Full time21 July 1928
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1928Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Bennie Osler
- –DSouth Africa drop goal · Phil Mostert
- –PNew Zealand penalty · David Lindsay
- –DNew Zealand drop goal · William Strang
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Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Phil MostertProp
- 2Theuns KrugerHooker
- 3Hennie PotgieterProp
- 4George DaneelSecond row
- 5Flip NelSecond row
- 6Stefanus van WykFlanker
- 7Nick PretoriusFlanker
- 8Jack Van DrutenNumber 8
- 9Dauncie DevineScrum-half
- 10Bennie OslerFly-half
- 11Jacko TodWing
- 12Jacob Van der WesthuizenCentre
- 13John DobieCentre
- 14Gerry BrandWing
- 15Jackie TindallFull-back
New Zealand
- 15David LindsayFull-back
- Geoff AlleyForward
- Syd CarletonThree-quarter
- John SwainForward
- Swin HadleyForward
- Maurice BrownlieForward
- Rube McWilliamsForward
- Bill DalleyFly-half
- Ron StewartForward
- Bill HazlettForward
- Lance JohnsonFive-eighth
- Bert GrensideThree-quarter
- Alan RobilliardThree-quarter
- Bunny FinlaysonForward
- William StrangFive-eighth
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 30 June 1928, South Africa 17–0 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 18 August 1928
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.