TheBreakdown
Full time6 August 2005
South Africa
22–16
New Zealand
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tri Nations 2005Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–0
  2. 10’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius6–0
  3. 11’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers11–0
  4. 12’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–0
  5. 17’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter13–3
  6. 23’TNew Zealand try · Rico Gear13–8
  7. 24’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter13–10
  8. 29’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter13–13
  9. 40’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery16–13
  10. 53’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery19–13
  11. 59’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery22–13
  12. 81’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter22–16

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Wayne JuliesBench
  22. 22Jaco van der WesthuyzenBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Carl HaymanProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jerry CollinsFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Byron KelleherScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Mils MuliainaWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Rico GearWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Derren WitcombeBench
  17. 17Greg SomervilleBench
  18. 18James RyanBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Luke McAlisterBench
  22. 22Josevata RokocokoBench

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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.