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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 28 October 2023Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 1 point.Half-time 6–12 · Tries 1–0 · NZL 1 yellow card · RSA 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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3′13′17′19′34′38′73′5876%Own 2264%Own half65%Opp half61%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
58′New ZealandTry, Beauden Barrett, conversion missed11–12
3′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
13′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
17′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
19′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
34′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
38′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
73′New ZealandPenalty goal missed
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′2 NZL cards · 2 RSA cards
58′Beauden Barrett
NZL

Team stats

RSA
60%Possession40%
53%Territory47%
149Carries85
459Metres gained360
7Clean breaks4
37Defenders beaten14
221Passes84
5Offloads7
92Tackles made209
14Tackles missed37
115/120Rucks won56/56
20/22Lineouts won6/10
2/2Scrums won10/11
3/3Mauls won2/3
2Turnovers won7
5Penalties conceded10
34Kicks from hand38
1,023Kick metres1,002
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 0/1, penalties 2/3 · RSA conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4. 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. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Scott BarrettSecond row
  6. 6Shannon FrizellFlanker
  7. 7Sam CaneFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Richie Mo'ungaFly-half
  11. 11Mark Tele'aWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Rieko IoaneCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Beauden BarrettFull-back
  16. 16Samisoni Taukei'ahoBench
  17. 17Tamaiti WilliamsBench
  18. 18Nepo LaulalaBench
  19. 19Samuel WhitelockBench
  20. 20Dalton Papali'iBench
  21. 21Finlay ChristieBench
  22. 22Damian McKenzieBench
  23. 23Anton Lienert-BrownBench

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Cheslin KolbeWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Deon FourieBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Jean KleynBench
  20. 20RG SnymanBench
  21. 21Kwagga SmithBench
  22. 22Jasper WieseBench
  23. 23Willie Le RouxBench

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.