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Full time2 September 2006
South Africa
21–20
New Zealand
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa · Tri Nations 2006Head-to-head

South Africa won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius3–0
  2. 11’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter3–3
  3. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius6–3
  4. 21’TNew Zealand try · Daniel Carter6–8
  5. 22’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter6–10
  6. 23’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana11–10
  7. 24’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius13–10
  8. 41’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter13–13
  9. 56’TSouth Africa try · Pedrie Wannenburg18–13
  10. 67’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko18–18
  11. 68’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter18–20
  12. 79’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius21–20

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Johan MullerSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Pedrie WannenburgFlanker
  7. 7Pierre SpiesFlanker
  8. 8AJ VenterNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Wynand OlivierCentre
  14. 14Akona NdunganeWing
  15. 15Jaque FourieFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Lawrence SephakaBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Jacques CronjeBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Butch JamesBench
  22. 22Breyton PaulseBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Carl HaymanProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jerry CollinsFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Jimmy CowanScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Mils MuliainaCentre
  14. 14Josevata RokocokoWing
  15. 15Doug HowlettFull-back
  16. 16Anton OliverBench
  17. 17Neemia TialataBench
  18. 18Jason EatonBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Luke McAlisterBench
  22. 22Rico GearBench

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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

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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.