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Full time18 September 1965
New Zealand
20–3
South Africa
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1965Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bill McCormick2–0
  2. –TNew Zealand try · Richard Conway5–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Smith8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Smith11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · William Birtwistle14–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Ken Gray17–0
  7. –DNew Zealand drop goal · McFarlane Herewini20–0
  8. –PSouth Africa penalty · Tiny Naude20–3

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Wilson WhinerayProp
  2. 2Bruce McLeodHooker
  3. 3Ken GrayProp
  4. 4Stan MeadsSecond row
  5. 5Colin MeadsSecond row
  6. 6Kel TremainFlanker
  7. 7Richard ConwayFlanker
  8. 8Brian LochoreNumber 8
  9. 9Chris LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10McFarlane HerewiniFly-half
  11. 11William BirtwistleWing
  12. 12John CollinsCentre
  13. 13Ronald RangiCentre
  14. 14Ian SmithWing
  15. 15Bill McCormickFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Sakkie van ZylProp
  2. 2Don WaltonHooker
  3. 3Andy MacDonaldProp
  4. 4Tiny NaudeSecond row
  5. 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
  6. 6Lofty NelFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
  9. 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie BarnardFly-half
  11. 11Jannie EngelbrechtWing
  12. 12John GainsfordCentre
  13. 13Mannetjies RouxCentre
  14. 14Gertjie BrynardWing
  15. 15Lionel WilsonFull-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.