Full time4 August 1956
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1956Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –TNew Zealand try · Ross Brown3–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Basie Viviers3–2
- –TSouth Africa try · Salty Du Rand3–5
- –TSouth Africa try · Daan Retief3–8
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Ian ClarkeProp
- 2Dennis YoungHooker
- 3Frank McAtamneyProp
- 4Richard WhiteSecond row
- 5Bob DuffSecond row
- 6Bill ClarkFlanker
- 7Don McIntoshFlanker
- 8Ian MacEwanNumber 8
- 9Pat VincentScrum-half
- 10Selwyn BremnerFly-half
- 11Maurice DixonWing
- 12Bill GrayCentre
- 13Ross BrownCentre
- 14Ron JardenWing
- 15Pat WalshFull-back
South Africa
- 1Chris KochProp
- 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
- 3Jaap BekkerProp
- 4Johan ClaassenSecond row
- 5Salty Du RandSecond row
- 6Butch LochnerFlanker
- 7Daan RetiefFlanker
- 8Jan PickardNumber 8
- 9Tommy GentlesScrum-half
- 10Clive UlyateFly-half
- 11Theuns BriersWing
- 12Jeremy NelCentre
- 13Ian KirkpatrickCentre
- 14Paul JohnstoneWing
- 15Basie ViviersFull-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: 14 July 1956, New Zealand 10–6 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 18 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.