TheBreakdown
Full time9 August 2003
New Zealand
19–11
South Africa
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2003Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer2–0
  2. 7’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko7–0
  3. 15’TSouth Africa try · Richard Bands7–5
  4. 18’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer10–5
  5. 21’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen10–8
  6. 27’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer13–8
  7. 30’PSouth Africa penalty · Louis Koen13–11
  8. 49’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer16–11
  9. 61’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer19–11

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Mark HammettHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Marty HolahFlanker
  8. 8Jerry CollinsNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Greg SomervilleBench
  18. 18Chris JackBench
  19. 19Rodney So'oialoBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Daniel CarterBench
  22. 22Leon MacDonaldBench

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2Danie CoetzeeHooker
  3. 3Richard BandsProp
  4. 4Geo CronjeSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Juan SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Ashwin WillemseWing
  12. 12Gcobani BoboCentre
  13. 13Jorrie MullerCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Thinus DelportFull-back
  16. 16Lukas van BiljonBench
  17. 17Christo BezuidenhoudtBench
  18. 18Selborne BoomeBench
  19. 19Pedrie WannenburgBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21De Wet BarryBench
  22. 22Andre PretoriusBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 64–46 South Africa, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
South Africa 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.