TheBreakdown
Full time15 August 1981
New Zealand
14–9
South Africa
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1981Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Doug Rollerson2–0
  2. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson6–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · Doug Rollerson10–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Mark Shaw14–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha14–2
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Hennie Bekker14–6
  7. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha14–9

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Graeme HigginsonSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Ken StewartFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Doug RollersonFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Andy JefferdCentre
  13. 13Stu WilsonCentre
  14. 14Freddy WoodmanWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. 16Hika ReidBench
  17. 17Rod KetelsBench
  18. 18Geoff OldBench
  19. 19Mark DonaldsonBench
  20. 20Brian McKechnieBench
  21. 21Lachlan CameronBench

South Africa

  1. 1Henning Van AswegenProp
  2. 2Robert CockrellHooker
  3. 3Hempies Du ToitProp
  4. 4Hennie BekkerSecond row
  5. 5Louis MoolmanSecond row
  6. 6Eben JansenFlanker
  7. 7Theuns StofbergFlanker
  8. 8Rob LouwNumber 8
  9. 9Divan SerfonteinScrum-half
  10. 10Naas BothaFly-half
  11. 11Darius BothaWing
  12. 12Willie Du PlessisCentre
  13. 13Danie GerberCentre
  14. 14Ray MordtWing
  15. 15Gysie PienaarFull-back
  16. 16Willie KahtsBench
  17. 17Ockie OosthuizenBench
  18. 18Thys BurgerBench
  19. 19Barry WolmaransBench
  20. 20Edrich KrantzBench
  21. 21Colin BeckBench

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
South Africa 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.