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Full time14 August 1976
South Africa
9–15
New Zealand
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 1976Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Sid Going9–2
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Sid Going9–5
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Sid Going9–8
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Joe Morgan9–12
  8. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Doug Bruce9–15

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. 7Theuns StofbergFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-half
  10. 10Gerald BoschFly-half
  11. 11Chris PopeWing
  12. 12Johan OosthuizenCentre
  13. 13Ian RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Gerrie GermishuysWing
  15. 15Dawie SnymanFull-back
  16. 16Peter WhippBench
  17. 17de Wet RasBench
  18. 18Barry WolmaransBench
  19. 19Piston van WykBench
  20. 20Daan Du PlessisBench
  21. 21Kevin De KlerkBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Bill BushProp
  4. 4Ian KirkpatrickSecond row
  5. 5Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
  6. 6Pole WhitingFlanker
  7. 7Kevin EveleighFlanker
  8. 8Andy LeslieNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Bruce RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Joe MorganCentre
  14. 14Grant BattyWing
  15. 15Kit FawcettFull-back
  16. 16Graeme CrossmanBench
  17. 17Frank OliverBench
  18. 18Laurie KnightBench
  19. 19Lyn DavisBench
  20. 20Bill OsborneBench

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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.