Full time1 September 1928
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1928Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Bennie Osler2–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Jacob Van der Westhuizen5–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Mark Nicholls5–3
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Mark Nicholls5–6
- –TNew Zealand try · John Swain5–9
- –DNew Zealand drop goal · Mark Nicholls5–13
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1John OliverProp
- 2Phil MostertHooker
- 3Boy LouwProp
- 4Andries Du ToitSecond row
- 5Flip NelSecond row
- 6Jack Van DrutenFlanker
- 7Nick PretoriusFlanker
- 8George DaneelNumber 8
- 9Pierre De VilliersScrum-half
- 10Bennie OslerFly-half
- 11Pieter MorkelWing
- 12Jacob Van der WesthuizenCentre
- 13Willie RousseauCentre
- 14Jock Van NiekerkWing
- 15Jackie TindallFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Rube McWilliamsProp
- 2Swin HadleyHooker
- 3John SwainProp
- 4Ian HarveySecond row
- 5Maurice BrownlieSecond row
- 6Bunny FinlaysonFlanker
- 7Bill HazlettFlanker
- 8Ron StewartNumber 8
- 11Alan RobilliardWing
- 13Fred LucasCentre
- 14Bert GrensideWing
- 15Herbert LilburneFull-back
- Bill DalleyFly-half
- Lance JohnsonFive-eighth
- Mark NichollsFive-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
- Previous meeting: 18 August 1928, South Africa 11–6 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 14 August 1937
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.