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Full time22 July 2000
New Zealand
25–12
South Africa
Jade Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2000Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten0–3
  2. 7’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen5–3
  3. 15’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen10–3
  4. 23’DSouth Africa drop goal · Percy Montgomery10–6
  5. 28’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens13–6
  6. 34’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens16–6
  7. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten16–9
  8. 39’DNew Zealand drop goal · Andrew Mehrtens19–9
  9. 41’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten19–12
  10. 69’PNew Zealand penalty · Tony Brown22–12
  11. 94’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens25–12

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Troy FlavellSecond row
  5. 5Todd BlackadderSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Ron CribbNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Pita AlatiniCentre
  13. 13Mark RobinsonCentre
  14. 14Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Craig DowdBench
  18. 18Norm MaxwellBench
  19. 19Scott RobertsonBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Tony BrownBench
  22. 22Leon MacDonaldBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2Charl MaraisHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond row
  5. 5Andre VenterSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Corne KrigeFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Werner SwanepoelScrum-half
  10. 10Braam van StraatenFly-half
  11. 11Thinus DelportWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Willie MeyerBench
  18. 18Jannes LabuschagneBench
  19. 19Warren BrosnihanBench
  20. 20Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  21. 21Grant EsterhuizenBench
  22. 22Chester WilliamsBench

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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.