TheBreakdown
Full time15 August 1998
South Africa
24–23
New Zealand
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tri Nations 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 3’TSouth Africa try · Stefan Terblanche5–0
  2. 8’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens5–2
  3. 8’TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall5–7
  4. 25’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens5–9
  5. 25’TNew Zealand try · Taine Randell5–14
  6. 37’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens5–17
  7. 43’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens5–20
  8. 66’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens5–23
  9. 69’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery7–23
  10. 69’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen12–23
  11. 74’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery14–23
  12. 74’TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad19–23
  13. 81’TSouth Africa try · James Dalton24–23

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Adrian GarveyProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Robbie KempsonProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Andre VenterFlanker
  7. 7Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Stefan TerblancheWing
  12. 12Andre SnymanCentre
  13. 13Pieter MullerCentre
  14. 14Pieter RossouwWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Chester WilliamsBench
  17. 17Franco SmithBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Andy AitkenBench
  20. 20Bobby SkinstadBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Naka DrotskeBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Royce WillisSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Isitolo MakaNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Eroni ClarkeCentre
  13. 13Mark MayerhoflerCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Norm BerrymanBench
  17. 17Carlos SpencerBench
  18. 18Mark RobinsonBench
  19. 19Scott RobertsonBench
  20. 20Ian JonesBench
  21. 21Craig DowdBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

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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.