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Full time16 July 1949
South Africa
15–11
New Zealand
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1949Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin9–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin12–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin15–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott15–2
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bob Scott15–5
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Peter Henderson15–8
  9. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Jim Kearney15–11

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Hoppy Van JaarsveldProp
  2. 2Jorrie JordaanHooker
  3. 3Okey GeffinProp
  4. 4Fiks Van der MerweSecond row
  5. 5Bubbles KochSecond row
  6. 6Felix Du PlessisFlanker
  7. 7Louis StrydomFlanker
  8. 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
  9. 9Ballie WahlScrum-half
  10. 10Hansie BrewisFly-half
  11. 11Buks MaraisWing
  12. 12Tjol LateganCentre
  13. 13Floors DuvenageCentre
  14. 14Cecil MossWing
  15. 15Jack Van der SchyffFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Kevin SkinnerProp
  2. 2Has CatleyHooker
  3. 3Johnny SimpsonProp
  4. 4Lester HarveySecond row
  5. 5Charlie WillocksSecond row
  6. 6Lachie GrantFlanker
  7. 7Jack McNabFlanker
  8. 8Nev ThorntonNumber 8
  9. 9Laurence SavageScrum-half
  10. 10Jim KearneyFly-half
  11. 11Eric BoggsWing
  12. 12Fred AllenCentre
  13. 13Ron ElvidgeCentre
  14. 14Peter HendersonWing
  15. 15Bob ScottFull-back

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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.