TheBreakdown
Full time7 August 1999
South Africa
18–34
New Zealand
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tri Nations 1999Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit3–0
  2. 12’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–3
  3. 16’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–6
  4. 27’DNew Zealand drop goal · Jeff Wilson3–9
  5. 28’TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman8–9
  6. 30’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens8–12
  7. 34’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen8–17
  8. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Gaffie du Toit11–17
  9. 41’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens11–20
  10. 43’CSouth Africa conversion · Gaffie du Toit13–20
  11. 43’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen18–20
  12. 51’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens18–23
  13. 58’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens18–26
  14. 63’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen18–31
  15. 81’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens18–34

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Selborne BoomeSecond row
  5. 5Albert van den BergSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Rassie ErasmusNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Gaffie du ToitFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Franco SmithCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Deon KayserWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Stefan TerblancheBench
  17. 17Robbie FleckBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Andre VosBench
  20. 20Mark AndrewsBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Chris RossouwBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Greg FeekProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Norm MaxwellSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Andrew BlowersFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  12. 12Daryl GibsonCentre
  13. 13Alama IeremiaCentre
  14. 14Christian CullenWing
  15. 15Jeff WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Jonah LomuBench
  17. 17Tony BrownBench
  18. 18Byron KelleherBench
  19. 19Reuben ThorneBench
  20. 20Royce WillisBench
  21. 21Craig DowdBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

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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.