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Full time24 July 1976
South Africa
16–7
New Zealand
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1976Head-to-head

South Africa won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerald Bosch2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch5–0
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Gerrie Germishuys9–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Edrich Krantz13–0
  5. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Ian Robertson16–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams16–3
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Lyn Jaffray16–7

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Rampie StanderProp
  2. 2Robert CockrellHooker
  3. 3Derek Van den BergProp
  4. 4Boland CoetzeeSecond row
  5. 5Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6John WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-half
  10. 10Gerald BoschFly-half
  11. 11Edrich KrantzWing
  12. 12Johan OosthuizenCentre
  13. 13Peter WhippCentre
  14. 14Gerrie GermishuysWing
  15. 15Ian RobertsonFull-back
  16. 17de Wet RasBench
  17. 18Barry WolmaransBench
  18. 19Piston van WykBench
  19. 20Daan Du PlessisBench
  20. 21Theuns StofbergBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Kerry TannerProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Kent LambertProp
  4. 4Ian KirkpatrickSecond row
  5. 5Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
  6. 6Pole WhitingFlanker
  7. 7Ken StewartFlanker
  8. 8Andy LeslieNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Bruce RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Lyn JaffrayCentre
  14. 14Grant BattyWing
  15. 15Duncan RobertsonFull-back
  16. 16Graeme CrossmanBench
  17. 17Bill BushBench
  18. 18Laurie KnightBench
  19. 19Lyn DavisBench
  20. 20Bill OsborneBench
  21. 21Kit FawcettBench

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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.