TheBreakdown
Full time31 August 1996
South Africa
32–22
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1996Head-to-head

South Africa won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Joubert5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Joubert8–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Joubert11–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball14–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball17–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Joubert22–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen27–0
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen32–0
  10. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens32–2
  11. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens32–4
  12. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens32–7
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Walter Little32–12
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall32–17
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Sean Fitzpatrick32–22

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Dawie TheronProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Mark AndrewsSecond row
  5. 5Kobus WieseSecond row
  6. 6Andre VenterFlanker
  7. 7Ruben KrugerFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Justin SwartWing
  12. 12Japie MulderCentre
  13. 13Danie van SchalkwykCentre
  14. 14Pieter HendriksWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Johan RouxBench
  17. 17Joel StranskyBench
  18. 18Wayne FyvieBench
  19. 19Fritz Van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Garry PagelBench
  21. 21Henry TrompBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Glen OsborneWing
  12. 12Frank BunceCentre
  13. 13Walter LittleCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Alama IeremiaBench
  17. 17Jon PrestonBench
  18. 18Andrew BlowersBench
  19. 19Glenn TaylorBench
  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.