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Full time25 July 1998
New Zealand
3–13
South Africa
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tri Nations 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 28’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–3
  2. 61’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–3
  3. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–6
  4. 71’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw3–11
  5. 72’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery3–13

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Mark MayerhoflerCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Scott McLeodBench
  17. 17Andrew MehrtensBench
  18. 18Ofisa Tonu'uBench
  19. 19Isitolo MakaBench
  20. 20Royce WillisBench
  21. 21Carl HoeftBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

South Africa

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

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 64–46 South Africa, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
South Africa 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.