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Full time6 August 2022
South Africa
26–10
New Zealand
Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2022Head-to-head

South Africa won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’TSouth Africa try · Kurt-Lee Arendse5–0
  2. 10’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard7–0
  3. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard10–0
  4. 35’PNew Zealand penalty · Jordie Barrett10–3
  5. 50’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard13–3
  6. 58’DSouth Africa drop goal · Handre Pollard16–3
  7. 73’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard19–3
  8. 78’TNew Zealand try · Shannon Frizell19–8
  9. 79’CNew Zealand conversion · Richie Mo'unga19–10
  10. 80’TSouth Africa try · Willie Le Roux24–10
  11. 82’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard26–10

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Trevor NyakaneProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Salmaan MoeratBench
  20. 20Franco MostertBench
  21. 21Kwagga SmithBench
  22. 22Jaden HendrikseBench
  23. 23Willie Le RouxBench

New Zealand

  1. 1George BowerProp
  2. 2Samisoni Taukei'ahoHooker
  3. 3Angus Ta'avaoProp
  4. 4Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  5. 5Scott BarrettSecond row
  6. 6Akira IoaneFlanker
  7. 7Sam CaneFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Caleb ClarkeWing
  12. 12David HaviliCentre
  13. 13Rieko IoaneCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Jordie BarrettFull-back
  16. 16Dane ColesBench
  17. 17Ethan de GrootBench
  18. 18Tyrel LomaxBench
  19. 19Tupou Vaa'iBench
  20. 20Shannon FrizellBench
  21. 21Finlay ChristieBench
  22. 22Richie Mo'ungaBench
  23. 23Quinn TupaeaBench

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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.