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Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry 2026 · DHL Stadium, Cape Town · 29 August 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 7 points.Half-time 24–14 · Tries 3–4 · RSA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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21622303866774991Attacks1327Ball won772452164971873138902326435%Own 2224%Own half34%Opp half80%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA18640
NZL12325
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA3/34/40
NZL3/40/00
← 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
2′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, converted5–0
16′New ZealandTry, Cam Roigard, converted7–5
22′South AfricaTry, Damian de Allende, converted15–7
30′New ZealandTry, Damian McKenzie, converted17–12
38′South AfricaTry, Siya Kolisi, converted22–14
66′New ZealandTry, Leroy Carter30–19
77′New ZealandTry, Ardie Savea, converted33–24
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′1 RSA card
2′Jesse Kriel16′Cam Roigard22′Damian de Allende30′Damian McKenzie38′Siya Kolisi66′Leroy Carter77′Ardie Savea
RSA

Team stats

NZL
44%Possession56%
48%Territory52%
103Carries154
350Metres gained481
5Clean breaks7
25Defenders beaten40
93Passes248
6Offloads7
186Tackles made123
40Tackles missed25
79/79Rucks won111/116
9/9Lineouts won15/18
3/6Scrums won7/7
2/3Mauls won0/0
6Turnovers won2
5Penalties conceded8
35Kicks from hand23
731Kick metres669
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 3/3, penalties 4/4 · NZL conversions 3/4, 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. 1Gerhard SteenekampProp
  2. 2Deon FourieHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Ethan HookerWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Andre EsterhuizenBench
  21. 21Cameron HanekomBench
  22. 22Morne van den BergBench
  23. 23Manie LibbokBench

New Zealand

  1. 1George BowerProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Fabian HollandSecond row
  5. 5Tupou Vaa'iSecond row
  6. 6Simon ParkerFlanker
  7. 7Luke JacobsonFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Ruben LoveFly-half
  11. 11Leroy CarterWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Quinn TupaeaCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Asafo AumuaBench
  17. 17Xavier NumiaBench
  18. 18Fletcher NewellBench
  19. 19Patrick TuipulotuBench
  20. 20Peter LakaiBench
  21. 21Kyle PrestonBench
  22. 22Anton Lienert-BrownBench
  23. 23Josh MoorbyBench

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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.