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Full time19 August 2000
South Africa
46–40
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 2000Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens0–3
  2. 9’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten2–3
  3. 9’TSouth Africa try · Chester Williams7–3
  4. 13’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten9–3
  5. 13’TSouth Africa try · Robbie Fleck14–3
  6. 17’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens14–5
  7. 17’TNew Zealand try · Faalogo Tana Umaga14–10
  8. 22’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens14–13
  9. 25’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten16–13
  10. 25’TSouth Africa try · Robbie Fleck21–13
  11. 31’TSouth Africa try · Werner Swanepoel26–13
  12. 34’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten28–13
  13. 34’TSouth Africa try · Thinus Delport33–13
  14. 37’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens33–15
  15. 37’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen33–20
  16. 41’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens33–22
  17. 41’TNew Zealand try · Faalogo Tana Umaga33–27
  18. 45’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten36–27
  19. 46’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens36–29
  20. 46’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen36–34
  21. 51’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens36–37
  22. 55’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten39–37
  23. 66’DNew Zealand drop goal · Andrew Mehrtens39–40
  24. 67’CSouth Africa conversion · Braam van Straaten41–40
  25. 67’TSouth Africa try · Werner Swanepoel46–40

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ollie le RouxProp
  2. 2Charl MaraisHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Mark AndrewsSecond 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. 11Breyton PaulseWing
  12. 12Grant EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Chester WilliamsWing
  15. 15Thinus DelportFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Willie MeyerBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Warren BrosnihanBench
  20. 20Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  21. 21Percy MontgomeryBench
  22. 22Jaco van der WesthuyzenBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Todd BlackadderSecond row
  5. 5Norm MaxwellSecond 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. 13Alama IeremiaCentre
  14. 14Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Greg SomervilleBench
  18. 18Troy FlavellBench
  19. 19Scott RobertsonBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Tony BrownBench
  22. 22Leon MacDonaldBench

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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.