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The Rugby Championship 2025 · Sky Stadium, Wellington · 13 September 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 33 points.Half-time 10–7 · Tries 1–6

Pitch map

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29′47′1825436169737947%Own 2239%Own half62%Opp half64%Opp 22
← South Africa attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
18′New ZealandTry, Leroy Carter, converted5–0
25′South AfricaTry, Cheslin Kolbe, converted7–5
43′South AfricaTry, Cheslin Kolbe, converted10–12
61′South AfricaTry, Damian Willemse, converted10–22
69′South AfricaTry, Kwagga Smith, conversion missed10–29
73′South AfricaTry, RG Snyman, converted10–34
79′South AfricaTry, Andre Esterhuizen, converted10–41
29′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
47′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
18′Leroy Carter25′Cheslin Kolbe43′Cheslin Kolbe61′Damian Willemse69′Kwagga Smith73′RG Snyman79′Andre Esterhuizen
NZL

Team stats

RSA
47%Possession53%
41%Territory59%
95Carries110
262Metres gained629
9Clean breaks11
33Defenders beaten46
186Passes153
8Offloads11
111Tackles made87
46Tackles missed33
57/60Rucks won77/80
9/13Lineouts won11/14
8/9Scrums won7/9
3Turnovers won4
7Penalties conceded7
30Kicks from hand32
751Kick metres642
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · RSA conversions 5/6, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Samisoni Taukei'ahoHooker
  3. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Scott BarrettSecond row
  5. 5Tupou Vaa'iSecond row
  6. 6Simon ParkerFlanker
  7. 7Ardie SaveaFlanker
  8. 8Wallace SititiNumber 8
  9. 9Noah HothamScrum-half
  10. 10Beauden BarrettFly-half
  11. 11Leroy CarterWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Billy ProctorCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Brodie McAlisterBench
  17. 17Tamaiti WilliamsBench
  18. 18Fletcher NewellBench
  19. 19Fabian HollandBench
  20. 20Du'Plessis KirifiBench
  21. 21Finlay ChristieBench
  22. 22Quinn TupaeaBench
  23. 23Ruben LoveBench

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Ethan HookerWing
  12. 12Damian WillemseCentre
  13. 13Canan MoodieCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Marnus van der MerweBench
  17. 17Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Grant WilliamsBench
  22. 22Manie LibbokBench
  23. 23Andre EsterhuizenBench

Match officials

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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

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.