Full time1 September 1956
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1956Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Don Clarke2–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Don Clarke5–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Don Clarke8–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Peter Jones11–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Basie Viviers11–2
- –TSouth Africa try · Roy Dryburgh11–5
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Ian ClarkeProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Bill ClarkSecond row
- 5Bob DuffSecond row
- 6Richard WhiteFlanker
- 7Frank HillFlanker
- 8Peter JonesNumber 8
- 9Alan ReidScrum-half
- 10Ross BrownFly-half
- 11Maurice DixonWing
- 12Bill GrayCentre
- 13Pat WalshCentre
- 14Ron JardenWing
- 15Don ClarkeFull-back
South Africa
- 1Harry WalkerProp
- 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
- 3Jaap BekkerProp
- 4Johan ClaassenSecond row
- 5Salty Du RandSecond row
- 6James StarkeFlanker
- 7Daan RetiefFlanker
- 8Butch LochnerNumber 8
- 9Popeye StrydomScrum-half
- 10PeeWee HoweFly-half
- 11Theuns BriersWing
- 12Jeremy NelCentre
- 13Paul JohnstoneCentre
- 14Roy DryburghWing
- 15Basie ViviersFull-back
Match officials
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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: 18 August 1956, New Zealand 17–10 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 25 June 1960
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.