Full time14 July 1956
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tour 1956Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 4 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Jarden2–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Jarden4–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden7–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Richard White10–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Roy Dryburgh10–3
- –TSouth Africa try · PeeWee Howe10–6
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Mark IrwinProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Ian ClarkeProp
- 4Richard WhiteSecond row
- 5Bob DuffSecond row
- 6John BuxtonFlanker
- 7Don McIntoshFlanker
- 8Frank HillNumber 8
- 9Pat VincentScrum-half
- 10Robin ArcherFly-half
- 11Maurice DixonWing
- 12Bill GrayCentre
- 13Ross BrownCentre
- 14Ron JardenWing
- 15Pat WalshFull-back
South Africa
- 1Harry WalkerProp
- 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
- 3Jaap BekkerProp
- 4Dawie AckermannSecond row
- 5Salty Du RandSecond row
- 6Johan ClaassenFlanker
- 7Daan RetiefFlanker
- 8Butch LochnerNumber 8
- 9Popeye StrydomScrum-half
- 10Clive UlyateFly-half
- 11Paul JohnstoneWing
- 12Jeremy NelCentre
- 13PeeWee HoweCentre
- 14Jan Du PreezWing
- 15Roy DryburghFull-back
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Context
All-time, New Zealand 64–46 South Africa, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
New Zealand going in
South Africa going in
- Previous meeting: 17 September 1949, New Zealand 8–11 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 4 August 1956
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.