TheBreakdown
Full time15 August 1992
South Africa
24–27
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1992Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox0–3
  2. 32’CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox0–5
  3. 32’TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke0–10
  4. 45’PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha3–10
  5. 50’CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox3–12
  6. 50’TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan3–17
  7. 54’PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox3–20
  8. 57’CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha5–20
  9. 57’TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber10–20
  10. 59’CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox10–22
  11. 59’TNew Zealand try · John Timu10–27
  12. 75’CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha12–27
  13. 75’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Muller17–27
  14. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha19–27
  15. 81’TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber24–27

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Heinrich RodgersProp
  2. 2Uli SchmidtHooker
  3. 3Lood MullerProp
  4. 4Adri GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Adolf MalanSecond row
  6. 6Wahl BartmannFlanker
  7. 7Ian MacDonaldFlanker
  8. 8Jannie BreedtNumber 8
  9. 9Robert du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Naas BothaFly-half
  11. 11James SmallWing
  12. 12Danie GerberCentre
  13. 13Pieter MullerCentre
  14. 14Pieter HendriksWing
  15. 15Theo Van RensburgFull-back
  16. 16Heinrich FulsBench
  17. 17Hennie le RouxBench
  18. 18Garth WrightBench
  19. 19Drikus HattinghBench
  20. 20Johan StygerBench
  21. 21Harry RobertsBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Richard LoeProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Jamie JosephFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Ant StrachanScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John TimuFull-back
  16. 16Jon PrestonBench
  17. 17Matthew CooperBench
  18. 18Graham DowdBench
  19. 19Steve McDowallBench
  20. 20Arran PeneBench
  21. 21Andy EarlBench

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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.