TheBreakdown
Full time27 August 2005
New Zealand
31–27
South Africa
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2005Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–3
  2. 5’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko5–3
  3. 7’CNew Zealand conversion · Leon MacDonald7–3
  4. 10’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana7–8
  5. 11’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery7–10
  6. 23’TNew Zealand try · Leon MacDonald12–10
  7. 24’CNew Zealand conversion · Leon MacDonald14–10
  8. 29’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko19–10
  9. 30’CNew Zealand conversion · Leon MacDonald21–10
  10. 44’TSouth Africa try · Ricky Januarie21–15
  11. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery21–17
  12. 58’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery21–20
  13. 68’PNew Zealand penalty · Leon MacDonald24–20
  14. 72’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie24–25
  15. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery24–27
  16. 85’TNew Zealand try · Keven Mealamu29–27
  17. 86’CNew Zealand conversion · Luke McAlister31–27

Line-ups

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. 9Piri WeepuScrum-half
  10. 10Leon MacDonaldFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Rico GearWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Derren WitcombeBench
  17. 17Greg SomervilleBench
  18. 18James RyanBench
  19. 19Sione LauakiBench
  20. 20Kevin SenioBench
  21. 21Luke McAlisterBench
  22. 22Doug HowlettBench

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. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Jean De VilliersWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17Eddie AndrewsBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Fourie Du PreezBench
  21. 21Jaco van der WesthuyzenBench
  22. 22Marius JoubertBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.