TheBreakdown
Full time17 September 2016
New Zealand
41–13
South Africa
AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand · The Rugby Championship 2016Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 28 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PNew Zealand penalty · Beauden Barrett3–0
  2. 19’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana3–5
  3. 20’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies3–7
  4. 22’TNew Zealand try · Israel Dagg8–7
  5. 28’TNew Zealand try · Julian Savea13–7
  6. 29’CNew Zealand conversion · Beauden Barrett15–7
  7. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies15–10
  8. 50’TNew Zealand try · Ben Smith20–10
  9. 50’CNew Zealand conversion · Beauden Barrett22–10
  10. 53’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies22–13
  11. 57’TNew Zealand try · Ardie Savea27–13
  12. 58’CNew Zealand conversion · Beauden Barrett29–13
  13. 65’TNew Zealand try · Samuel Whitelock34–13
  14. 71’TNew Zealand try · TJ Perenara39–13
  15. 72’CNew Zealand conversion · Beauden Barrett41–13

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Joe MoodyProp
  2. 2Dane ColesHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Ardie SaveaFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ryan CrottyCentre
  13. 13Malakai FekitoaCentre
  14. 14Israel DaggWing
  15. 15Ben SmithFull-back
  16. 16Codie TaylorBench
  17. 17Wyatt CrockettBench
  18. 18Charlie FaumuinaBench
  19. 19Luke RomanoBench
  20. 20Matt ToddBench
  21. 21TJ PerenaraBench
  22. 22Lima SopoagaBench
  23. 23Anton Lienert-BrownBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Vincent KochProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Teboho MohojeFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Francois HougaardWing
  12. 12Juan de JonghCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Bryan HabanaWing
  15. 15Johan GoosenFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Lourens AdriaanseBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Jaco KrielBench
  22. 22Morne SteynBench
  23. 23Damian de AllendeBench

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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.