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Full time18 August 1956
New Zealand
17–10
South Africa
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1956Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Don Clarke2–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Don Clarke5–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Don Clarke8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Maurice Dixon11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden14–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Richard White17–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Basie Viviers17–2
  8. –CSouth Africa conversion · Basie Viviers17–4
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Wilf Rosenberg17–7
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Butch Lochner17–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Ian ClarkeProp
  2. 2Ron HemiHooker
  3. 3Kevin SkinnerProp
  4. 4Richard WhiteSecond row
  5. 5Bob DuffSecond row
  6. 6Bill ClarkFlanker
  7. 7Frank HillFlanker
  8. 8Peter JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Alan ReidScrum-half
  10. 10Robin ArcherFly-half
  11. 11Maurice DixonWing
  12. 12Bill GrayCentre
  13. 13Ross BrownCentre
  14. 14Ron JardenWing
  15. 15Don ClarkeFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Chris KochProp
  2. 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
  3. 3Jaap BekkerProp
  4. 4Johan ClaassenSecond row
  5. 5Salty Du RandSecond row
  6. 6Dawie AckermannFlanker
  7. 7Butch LochnerFlanker
  8. 8Daan RetiefNumber 8
  9. 9Tommy GentlesScrum-half
  10. 10Clive UlyateFly-half
  11. 11Theuns BriersWing
  12. 12Jeremy NelCentre
  13. 13Wilf RosenbergCentre
  14. 14Tom Van VollenhovenWing
  15. 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

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.