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Full time25 August 2001
New Zealand
26–15
South Africa
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2001Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens2–0
  2. 9’TNew Zealand try · Pita Alatini7–0
  3. 16’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten7–3
  4. 20’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens10–3
  5. 23’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten10–6
  6. 33’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens13–6
  7. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten13–9
  8. 46’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens16–9
  9. 54’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens19–9
  10. 56’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens21–9
  11. 56’TNew Zealand try26–9
  12. 59’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten26–12
  13. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten26–15

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Norm MaxwellSecond row
  5. 5Chris JackSecond row
  6. 6Troy FlavellFlanker
  7. 7Taine RandellFlanker
  8. 8Ron CribbNumber 8
  9. 9Byron KelleherScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Pita AlatiniCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Carl HaymanBench
  18. 18Mark CooksleyBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Justin MarshallBench
  21. 21Tony BrownBench
  22. 22Doug HowlettBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2Lukas van BiljonHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Victor MatfieldSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Andre VosFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12Braam van StraatenCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Joe Van NiekerkBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Deon KayserBench
  22. 22Thinus DelportBench

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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.