TheBreakdown
Full time2 October 2021
South Africa
31–29
New Zealand
CBUS Super Stadium, Robina, Australia · The Rugby Championship 2021Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TSouth Africa try · Damian de Allende5–0
  2. 9’PNew Zealand penalty · Jordie Barrett5–3
  3. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard8–3
  4. 13’TNew Zealand try · Sevu Reece8–8
  5. 25’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard11–8
  6. 28’TNew Zealand try · Ardie Savea11–13
  7. 29’CNew Zealand conversion · Jordie Barrett11–15
  8. 33’TNew Zealand try · Brad Weber11–20
  9. 41’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard14–20
  10. 45’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard17–20
  11. 53’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi22–20
  12. 58’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies25–20
  13. 67’PNew Zealand penalty · Jordie Barrett25–23
  14. 75’PNew Zealand penalty · Jordie Barrett25–26
  15. 77’DSouth Africa drop goal · Elton Jantjies28–26
  16. 79’PNew Zealand penalty · Jordie Barrett28–29
  17. 83’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies31–29

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Trevor NyakaneProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Kwagga SmithFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14S'Busiso NkosiWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Jasper WieseBench
  21. 21Herschel JantjiesBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Frans SteynBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Joe MoodyProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Nepo LaulalaProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Scott BarrettSecond row
  6. 6Akira IoaneFlanker
  7. 7Ardie SaveaFlanker
  8. 8Luke JacobsonNumber 8
  9. 9Brad WeberScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Rieko IoaneWing
  12. 12David HaviliCentre
  13. 13Anton Lienert-BrownCentre
  14. 14Sevu ReeceWing
  15. 15Jordie BarrettFull-back
  16. 16Asafo AumuaBench
  17. 17George BowerBench
  18. 18Ofa TuungafasiBench
  19. 19Patrick TuipulotuBench
  20. 20Ethan BlackadderBench
  21. 21TJ PerenaraBench
  22. 22Richie Mo'ungaBench
  23. 23Damian McKenzieBench

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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.