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Full time25 July 2015
South Africa
20–27
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2015Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PNew Zealand penalty · Lima Sopoaga0–3
  2. 11’TSouth Africa try · Willie Le Roux5–3
  3. 12’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard7–3
  4. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard10–3
  5. 41’TNew Zealand try · Ben Smith10–8
  6. 42’CNew Zealand conversion · Lima Sopoaga10–10
  7. 47’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel15–10
  8. 48’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard17–10
  9. 50’TNew Zealand try · Dane Coles17–15
  10. 51’CNew Zealand conversion · Lima Sopoaga17–17
  11. 58’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard20–17
  12. 75’TNew Zealand try · Richie McCaw20–22
  13. 76’CNew Zealand conversion · Lima Sopoaga20–24
  14. 82’PNew Zealand penalty · Lima Sopoaga20–27

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Francois LouwFlanker
  8. 8Schalk BurgerNumber 8
  9. 9Ruan PienaarScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cornal HendricksWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Flip Van Der MerweBench
  20. 20Warren WhiteleyBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Lionel MapoeBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Dane ColesHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5James BroadhurstSecond row
  6. 6Liam MessamFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Lima SopoagaFly-half
  11. 11Salesi PiutauWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Ben SmithWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Codie TaylorBench
  17. 17Wyatt CrockettBench
  18. 18Ben FranksBench
  19. 19Samuel WhitelockBench
  20. 20Victor VitoBench
  21. 21TJ PerenaraBench
  22. 22Beauden BarrettBench
  23. 23Malakai FekitoaBench

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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.