TheBreakdown
Full time6 October 2018
South Africa
30–32
New Zealand
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2018Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–0
  2. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–0
  3. 26’PNew Zealand penalty · Beauden Barrett6–3
  4. 36’PNew Zealand penalty · Beauden Barrett6–6
  5. 44’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel11–6
  6. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard13–6
  7. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard16–6
  8. 52’TSouth Africa try · Damian de Allende21–6
  9. 53’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard23–6
  10. 54’TNew Zealand try · Aaron Smith23–11
  11. 55’CNew Zealand conversion · Richie Mo'unga23–13
  12. 59’TSouth Africa try · Cheslin Kolbe28–13
  13. 60’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard30–13
  14. 62’TNew Zealand try · Rieko Ioane30–18
  15. 76’TNew Zealand try · Scott Barrett30–23
  16. 77’CNew Zealand conversion · Richie Mo'unga30–25
  17. 80’TNew Zealand try · Ardie Savea30–30
  18. 81’CNew Zealand conversion · Richie Mo'unga30–32

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Francois LouwNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Tendai MtawariraBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Sikhumbuzo NotsheBench
  21. 21Embrose PapierBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Karl Tu'inukuafeProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  5. 5Scott BarrettSecond row
  6. 6Shannon FrizellFlanker
  7. 7Sam CaneFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Rieko IoaneWing
  12. 12Sonny Bill WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Ryan CrottyCentre
  14. 14Waisake NaholoWing
  15. 15Ben SmithFull-back
  16. 16Nathan HarrisBench
  17. 17Tim PerryBench
  18. 18Ofa TuungafasiBench
  19. 19Patrick TuipulotuBench
  20. 20Ardie SaveaBench
  21. 21TJ PerenaraBench
  22. 22Richie Mo'ungaBench
  23. 23Anton Lienert-BrownBench

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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.