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Full time18 September 1976
South Africa
15–14
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1976Head-to-head

South Africa won by 1 point.

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 · Klippies Kritzinger12–0
  5. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Gerald Bosch15–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams15–3
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going15–7
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick15–11
  9. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Doug Bruce15–14

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Rampie StanderProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Johan StraussProp
  4. 4Kevin De KlerkSecond row
  5. 5Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6Boland CoetzeeFlanker
  7. 7Klippies KritzingerFlanker
  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. 15Ian RobertsonFull-back
  16. 16Dawie SnymanBench
  17. 17Gavin CowleyBench
  18. 18Barry WolmaransBench
  19. 19Robert CockrellBench
  20. 20Daan Du PlessisBench
  21. 21M LourensBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Kent LambertProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Bill BushProp
  4. 4Ian KirkpatrickSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond 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. 15Duncan RobertsonFull-back
  16. 16Graeme CrossmanBench
  17. 17Perry HarrisBench
  18. 18Laurie KnightBench
  19. 19Lyn DavisBench
  20. 20Terry MitchellBench
  21. 21Bill 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.