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Full time25 July 1970
South Africa
17–6
New Zealand
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1970Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Ian McCallum2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Ian McCallum5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Ian McCallum8–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Dawie De Villiers11–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Syd Nomis14–0
  6. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Piet Visagie17–0
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick17–3
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Bryan Williams17–6

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tiny NeethlingProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Piet GreylingSecond row
  5. 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
  6. 6Johan SpiesFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Albie BatesNumber 8
  9. 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
  10. 10Piet VisagieFly-half
  11. 11Syd NomisWing
  12. 12Mannetjies RouxCentre
  13. 13Joggie JansenCentre
  14. 14Gert MullerWing
  15. 15Ian McCallumFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Alister HopkinsonProp
  2. 2Bruce McLeodHooker
  3. 3Jas MullerProp
  4. 4Ian KirkpatrickSecond row
  5. 5Alan SmithSecond row
  6. 6Sam StrahanFlanker
  7. 7Thomas ListerFlanker
  8. 8Brian LochoreNumber 8
  9. 9Chris LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne CottrellFly-half
  11. 11Malcolm DickWing
  12. 12Ian MacRaeCentre
  13. 13Grahame ThorneCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Bill McCormickFull-back
  16. Sid GoingBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 46–64 New Zealand, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
New Zealand 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.