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Full time26 August 2006
South Africa
26–45
New Zealand
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tri Nations 2006Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–0
  2. 4’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James6–0
  3. 7’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter6–3
  4. 11’TSouth Africa try · Fourie Du Preez11–3
  5. 22’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter11–6
  6. 37’TNew Zealand try · Neemia Tialata11–11
  7. 38’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter11–13
  8. 47’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter11–16
  9. 52’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter11–19
  10. 54’TNew Zealand try · Luke McAlister11–24
  11. 55’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter11–26
  12. 58’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery14–26
  13. 67’TNew Zealand try · Sitiveni Sivivatu14–31
  14. 69’TNew Zealand try · Mils Muliaina14–36
  15. 70’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter14–38
  16. 76’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie19–38
  17. 85’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie24–38
  18. 86’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius26–38
  19. 92’TNew Zealand try · Rico Gear26–43
  20. 93’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter26–45

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Johan MullerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Solly TyibilikaFlanker
  7. 7Pierre SpiesFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Akona NdunganeWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17BJ BothaBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Pedrie WannenburgBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Wynand OlivierBench
  22. 22Andre PretoriusBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Neemia TialataProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Greg RawlinsonSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Chris MasoeNumber 8
  9. 9Piri WeepuScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Luke McAlisterCentre
  13. 13Mils MuliainaCentre
  14. 14Rico GearWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Tony WoodcockBench
  18. 18Chris JackBench
  19. 19Jerry CollinsBench
  20. 20Jimmy CowanBench
  21. 21Sam TuitupouBench
  22. 22Isaia ToeavaBench

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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.