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Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry 2026 · Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg · 22 August 2026Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 17 points.Half-time 13–12 · Tries 1–5 · RSA 2 yellow cards

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914234859751981Attacks424Ball won7464181711610136239757321419%Own 2254%Own half53%Opp half63%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA8925
NZL12921
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA1/13/30
NZL4/50/00
← New Zealand attack · South Africa 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan3–5
14′South AfricaTry, Andre Esterhuizen, converted8–5
23′New ZealandTry, Josh Moorby, converted10–10
48′New ZealandTry, Fabian Holland, converted16–17
59′New ZealandTry, Luke Jacobson, converted16–24
75′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted16–31
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′2 RSA cards
9′Will Jordan14′Andre Esterhuizen23′Josh Moorby48′Fabian Holland59′Luke Jacobson75′Will Jordan
RSA

Team stats

NZL
51%Possession49%
60%Territory40%
96Carries86
341Metres gained255
7Clean breaks6
21Defenders beaten25
108Passes125
2Offloads4
89Tackles made129
25Tackles missed21
73/79Rucks won56/59
14/15Lineouts won11/14
3/4Scrums won11/15
4/4Mauls won5/5
5Turnovers won14
10Penalties conceded14
17Kicks from hand19
371Kick metres530
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3 · NZL conversions 4/5, penalties 0/0. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Paul de VilliersFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Zach PorthenBench
  19. 19Cobus WieseBench
  20. 20Andre EsterhuizenBench
  21. 21Marco van StadenBench
  22. 22Cobus ReinachBench
  23. 23Manie LibbokBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Josh LordSecond row
  5. 5Fabian HollandSecond row
  6. 6Tupou Vaa'iFlanker
  7. 7Luke JacobsonFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Ruben LoveFly-half
  11. 11Josh MoorbyWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Quinn TupaeaCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Asafo AumuaBench
  17. 17George BowerBench
  18. 18Fletcher NewellBench
  19. 19Peter LakaiBench
  20. 20Simon ParkerBench
  21. 21Kyle PrestonBench
  22. 22Anton Lienert-BrownBench
  23. 23Leroy CarterBench

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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.