TheBreakdown
Full time14 August 2004
South Africa
40–26
New Zealand
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 2004Head-to-head

South Africa won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens0–3
  2. 8’TNew Zealand try · Mils Muliaina0–8
  3. 9’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens0–10
  4. 23’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert5–10
  5. 24’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery7–10
  6. 32’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens7–13
  7. 35’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse12–13
  8. 38’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert17–13
  9. 39’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery19–13
  10. 43’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens19–16
  11. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery22–16
  12. 52’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko22–21
  13. 53’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens22–23
  14. 59’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery25–23
  15. 64’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens25–26
  16. 67’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers30–26
  17. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery33–26
  18. 76’TSouth Africa try · Marius Joubert38–26
  19. 77’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery40–26

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Eddie AndrewsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Gerrie BritzFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Jean De VilliersWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18AJ VenterBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Gaffie du ToitBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Kees MeeuwsProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Carl HaymanProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Simon MalingSecond row
  6. 6Jono GibbesFlanker
  7. 7Marty HolahFlanker
  8. 8Xavier RushNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Sam TuitupouCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Greg SomervilleBench
  18. 18Mose Tuiali'iBench
  19. 19Craig NewbyBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Nick EvansBench
  22. 22Aaron MaugerBench

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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.