TheBreakdown
Full time18 August 1928
South Africa
11–6
New Zealand
Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1928Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Bennie Osler2–0
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Manus De Jongh5–0
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Flip Nel8–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · George Daneel11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Bert Grenside11–3
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Ron Stewart11–6

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1John OliverProp
  2. 2Phil MostertHooker
  3. 3Andries Du ToitProp
  4. 4Jack Van DrutenSecond row
  5. 5Flip NelSecond row
  6. 6Boy LouwFlanker
  7. 7Nick PretoriusFlanker
  8. 8George DaneelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Bennie OslerFly-half
  11. 11Manus De JonghWing
  12. 12Jacob Van der WesthuizenCentre
  13. 13Willie RousseauCentre
  14. 14Gerry BrandWing
  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. Rube McWilliamsForward
  8. Bill DalleyFly-half
  9. Herbert LilburneFive-eighth
  10. Ron StewartForward
  11. Bill HazlettForward
  12. Lance JohnsonFive-eighth
  13. Bert GrensideThree-quarter
  14. Alan RobilliardThree-quarter
  15. Bunny FinlaysonForward

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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.