TheBreakdown
Full time20 July 2002
New Zealand
41–20
South Africa
Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–0
  2. 6’TSouth Africa try · Werner Greeff3–5
  3. 7’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius3–7
  4. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius3–10
  5. 13’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens6–10
  6. 17’DSouth Africa drop goal · Werner Greeff6–13
  7. 20’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett11–13
  8. 21’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens13–13
  9. 36’TNew Zealand try · Mark Hammett18–13
  10. 41’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens21–13
  11. 45’TNew Zealand try · Reuben Thorne26–13
  12. 45’DNew Zealand drop goal · Andrew Mehrtens29–13
  13. 46’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens31–13
  14. 53’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert31–18
  15. 54’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius31–20
  16. 59’TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall36–20
  17. 73’TNew Zealand try · Scott Robertson41–20

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Mark HammettHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Simon MalingSecond row
  5. 5Chris JackSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Scott RobertsonNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Caleb RalphWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Mark RobinsonCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Tom WillisBench
  17. 17Joe McDonnellBench
  18. 18Royce WillisBench
  19. 19Sam BroomhallBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Faalogo Tana UmagaBench
  22. 22Jonah LomuBench

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Victor MatfieldSecond row
  5. 5Jannes LabuschagneSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Werner GreeffFull-back
  16. 16Ollie le RouxBench
  17. 17Faan RautenbachBench
  18. 18AJ VenterBench
  19. 19Hendro ScholtzBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Breyton PaulseBench

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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.