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Full time17 August 1996
South Africa
19–23
New Zealand
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1996Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Joel Stransky2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky8–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky11–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Joel Stransky14–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Danie van Schalkwyk19–0
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Simon Culhane19–2
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Simon Culhane19–5
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Simon Culhane19–8
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen19–13
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson19–18
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke19–23

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Henry TrompHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Mark AndrewsSecond row
  5. 5Hannes StrydomSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Johan RouxScrum-half
  10. 10Joel StranskyFly-half
  11. 11Pieter HendriksWing
  12. 12Danie van SchalkwykCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Justin SwartWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Vlok CilliersBench
  17. 17Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  18. 18Wayne FyvieBench
  19. 19Kobus WieseBench
  20. 20Dawie TheronBench
  21. 21James DaltonBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Robin BrookeSecond row
  5. 5Ian JonesSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Simon CulhaneFly-half
  11. 11Glen OsborneWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Jonah LomuBench
  17. 17Alama IeremiaBench
  18. 18Jon PrestonBench
  19. 19Blair LarsenBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Norm HewittBench

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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.