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Full time4 September 1976
South Africa
15–10
New Zealand
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1976Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerald Bosch2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch8–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Johan Oosthuizen12–0
  5. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Dawie Snyman15–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams15–3
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams15–6
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Robertson15–10

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Rampie StanderProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Johan StraussProp
  4. 4Boland CoetzeeSecond row
  5. 5Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6Kevin De KlerkFlanker
  7. 7Theuns StofbergFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-half
  10. 10Gerald BoschFly-half
  11. 11Chris PopeWing
  12. 12Johan OosthuizenCentre
  13. 13Peter WhippCentre
  14. 14Gerrie GermishuysWing
  15. 15Dawie SnymanFull-back
  16. 16Ian RobertsonBench
  17. 17de Wet RasBench
  18. 18Barry WolmaransBench
  19. 19Robert CockrellBench
  20. 20Daan Du PlessisBench
  21. 21Klippies KritzingerBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Perry HarrisProp
  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. 10Duncan RobertsonFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Bruce RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Joe MorganCentre
  14. 14Grant BattyWing
  15. 15Kit FawcettFull-back
  16. 16Graeme CrossmanBench
  17. 17Laurie KnightBench
  18. 18Kerry TannerBench
  19. 19Lyn DavisBench
  20. 20Doug BruceBench
  21. 21Terry MitchellBench

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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.