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Full time19 July 1997
South Africa
32–35
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Jannie de Beer4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer7–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer10–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer13–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Jannie de Beer16–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Russell Bennett21–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Naka Drotske26–0
  9. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Jannie de Beer29–0
  10. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Jannie de Beer32–0
  11. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer32–2
  12. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer32–4
  13. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer32–6
  14. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer32–9
  15. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer32–12
  16. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer32–15
  17. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson32–20
  18. –TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce32–25
  19. –TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce32–30
  20. –TNew Zealand try · Carlos Spencer32–35

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Marius HurterProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Danie van SchalkwykCentre
  13. 13Percy MontgomeryCentre
  14. 14Andre SnymanWing
  15. 15Russell BennettFull-back
  16. 16James SmallBench
  17. 17Henry HoniballBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Fritz Van HeerdenBench
  20. 20Dawie TheronBench
  21. 21Chris RossouwBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Robin BrookeSecond row
  5. 5Ian JonesSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  12. 12Lee StensnessCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Alama IeremiaBench
  17. 17Andrew MehrtensBench
  18. 18Ofisa Tonu'uBench
  19. 19Charles RiechelmannBench
  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.