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The Rugby Championship 2025 · Eden Park, Auckland · 6 September 2025Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 7 points.Half-time 14–3 · Tries 3–2 · RSA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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7′23′25′51′21762677437%Own 2244%Own half61%Opp half73%Opp 22
← South Africa attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
2′New ZealandTry, Emoni Narawa, converted5–0
17′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted12–0
62′South AfricaTry, Malcolm Marx, converted17–8
67′New ZealandTry, Quinn Tupaea, converted22–10
74′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, converted24–15
7′New ZealandPenalty goal missed
23′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
25′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
51′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card
2′Emoni Narawa17′Will Jordan62′Malcolm Marx67′Quinn Tupaea74′Cobus Reinach
NZL

Team stats

RSA
48%Possession52%
40%Territory60%
95Carries96
195Metres gained258
3Clean breaks2
25Defenders beaten22
125Passes103
5Offloads3
146Tackles made109
22Tackles missed25
75/78Rucks won82/86
12/15Lineouts won14/18
4/6Scrums won6/6
1/1Mauls won4/5
7Turnovers won2
10Penalties conceded10
34Kicks from hand31
889Kick metres734
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 3/3, penalties 1/2 · RSA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Fletcher NewellProp
  4. 4Scott BarrettSecond row
  5. 5Tupou Vaa'iSecond row
  6. 6Simon ParkerFlanker
  7. 7Ardie SaveaFlanker
  8. 8Wallace SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Finlay ChristieScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Rieko IoaneWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Billy ProctorCentre
  14. 14Emoni NarawaWing
  15. 15Will JordanFull-back
  16. 16Samisoni Taukei'ahoBench
  17. 17Tamaiti WilliamsBench
  18. 18Tyrel LomaxBench
  19. 19Fabian HollandBench
  20. 20Du'Plessis KirifiBench
  21. 21Kyle PrestonBench
  22. 22Quinn TupaeaBench
  23. 23Damian McKenzieBench

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Marco van StadenFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Siya KolisiNumber 8
  9. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Canan MoodieWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  17. 17Boan VenterBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluBench
  23. 23Ethan HookerBench

Match officials

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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.