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Full time19 July 2003
South Africa
16–52
New Zealand
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tri Nations 2003Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 36 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen3–0
  2. 12’TNew Zealand try · Carlos Spencer3–5
  3. 16’DSouth Africa drop goal · Louis Koen6–5
  4. 17’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer6–8
  5. 24’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett6–13
  6. 25’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer6–15
  7. 27’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko6–20
  8. 28’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer6–22
  9. 35’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen9–22
  10. 43’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer9–25
  11. 50’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer9–28
  12. 62’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko9–33
  13. 65’TNew Zealand try · Kees Meeuws9–38
  14. 66’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer9–40
  15. 72’TSouth Africa try · Ashwin Willemse14–40
  16. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Louis Koen16–40
  17. 76’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett16–45
  18. 77’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer16–47
  19. 79’TNew Zealand try · Aaron Mauger16–52

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2Danie CoetzeeHooker
  3. 3Richard BandsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Wickus van HeerdenFlanker
  8. 8Juan SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Ashwin WillemseWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Brent RussellFull-back
  16. 16Dale SantonBench
  17. 17Robbie KempsonBench
  18. 18Selborne BoomeBench
  19. 19Pedrie WannenburgBench
  20. 20Craig DavidsonBench
  21. 21Gcobani BoboBench
  22. 22Andre PretoriusBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Jerry CollinsNumber 8
  9. 9Steve DevineScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Kees MeeuwsBench
  18. 18Brad ThornBench
  19. 19Rodney So'oialoBench
  20. 20Justin MarshallBench
  21. 21Daniel CarterBench
  22. 22Caleb RalphBench

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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.