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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 4 November 1999Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 4 points.Half-time 12–16 · Tries 0–1

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Tacklesmademissed
NZL5713
RSA10821
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL0/06/60
RSA1/13/32
← South Africa attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
28′South AfricaTry, Breyton Paulse, converted6–11
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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28′Breyton Paulse
NZL

Team stats

RSA
0%Possession100%
133Carries83
579Metres gained373
15Clean breaks6
21Defenders beaten13
168Passes97
14Offloads6
57Tackles made108
13Tackles missed21
64/73Rucks won46/50
18/19Lineouts won10/11
20/20Scrums won7/8
7/10Mauls won5/5
9Penalties conceded14
42Kicks from hand59
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 0/0, penalties 6/6 · RSA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Mark HammettHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Norm MaxwellSecond row
  5. 5Royce WillisSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Alama IeremiaCentre
  13. 13Christian CullenCentre
  14. 14Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  15. 15Jeff WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Pita AlatiniBench
  17. 17Ian JonesBench
  18. 18Rhys DugganBench
  19. 19Dylan MikaBench
  20. 20Tony BrownBench
  21. 21Carl HoeftBench
  22. 22Anton OliverBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Stefan TerblancheWing
  12. 12Pieter MullerCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Jannie de BeerBench
  17. 17Wayne JuliesBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Ruben KrugerBench
  20. 20Albert van den BergBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Chris RossouwBench

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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.