Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Ellis Park, Johannesburg · 24 June 1995Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 3 points.Half-time 9–6
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Tacklesmademissed
RSA5630
NZL7722
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA0/03/32
NZL0/03/31
← New Zealand attack · South Africa 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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Tries and goal kicks as a table
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Team stats
NZL72Carries88
246Metres gained450
2Clean breaks10
22Defenders beaten30
76Passes141
8Offloads22
56Tackles made77
30Tackles missed22
39/51Rucks won33/39
17/29Lineouts won22/27
20/20Scrums won14/14
9/11Mauls won7/7
7Penalties conceded14
67Kicks from hand62
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · NZL conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.
RSA conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · NZL conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.
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Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Os du RandtProp
- 2Chris RossouwHooker
- 3Balie SwartProp
- 4Kobus WieseSecond row
- 5Hannes StrydomSecond row
- 6Francois PienaarFlanker
- 7Ruben KrugerFlanker
- 8Mark AndrewsNumber 8
- 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
- 10Joel StranskyFly-half
- 11Chester WilliamsWing
- 12Hennie le RouxCentre
- 13Japie MulderCentre
- 14James SmallWing
- 15Andre JoubertFull-back
- 16Gavin JohnsonBench
- 17Brendan VenterBench
- 18Johan RouxBench
- 19Rudolf StraeuliBench
- 20Garry PagelBench
- 21Naka DrotskeBench
New Zealand
- 1Craig DowdProp
- 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
- 3Olo BrownProp
- 4Ian JonesSecond row
- 5Robin BrookeSecond row
- 6Mike BrewerFlanker
- 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
- 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
- 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
- 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
- 11Jonah LomuWing
- 12Walter LittleCentre
- 13Frank BunceCentre
- 14Jeff WilsonWing
- 15Glen OsborneFull-back
- 16Marc EllisBench
- 17Simon CulhaneBench
- 18Ant StrachanBench
- 19Jamie JosephBench
- 20Richard LoeBench
- 21Norm HewittBench
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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
- Previous meeting: 6 August 1994, South Africa 18–18 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 20 July 1996
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.