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Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry 2026 · M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland · 12 September 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 15 points.Half-time 17–14 · Tries 6–4

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815223749526372768036169Attacks554Ball won76122182712810434201863859718%Own 2238%Own half55%Opp half83%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA16132
NZL18432
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA5/61/20
NZL4/40/00
← New Zealand attack · South Africa 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
8′New ZealandTry, Codie Taylor, converted3–5
15′South AfricaTry, Damian de Allende, converted8–7
22′South AfricaTry, Morne van den Berg, converted15–7
37′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted17–12
49′South AfricaTry, Damian de Allende22–14
52′South AfricaTry, Pieter-Steph Du Toit, converted27–14
63′New ZealandTry, Ethan Blackadder, converted29–19
72′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse, converted34–21
76′South AfricaTry, Cameron Hanekom, converted41–21
80′New ZealandTry, Beauden Barrett, converted43–26
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′
8′Codie Taylor15′Damian de Allende22′Morne van den Berg37′Will Jordan49′Damian de Allende52′Pieter-Steph Du Toit63′Ethan Blackadder72′Kurt-Lee Arendse76′Cameron Hanekom80′Beauden Barrett
RSA

Team stats

NZL
51%Possession49%
51%Territory49%
142Carries136
687Metres gained430
11Clean breaks9
32Defenders beaten32
151Passes183
9Offloads11
161Tackles made184
32Tackles missed32
104/108Rucks won92/100
6/7Lineouts won10/12
6/10Scrums won6/6
2/2Mauls won4/4
8Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded9
23Kicks from hand17
476Kick metres482
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 5/6, penalties 1/2 · NZL conversions 4/4, penalties 0/0. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Morne van den BergScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Ethan HookerWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Deon FourieBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Thomas Du ToitBench
  19. 19Lodewyk De JagerBench
  20. 20Andre EsterhuizenBench
  21. 21Cameron HanekomBench
  22. 22Cobus ReinachBench
  23. 23Manie LibbokBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Fletcher NewellProp
  4. 4Patrick TuipulotuSecond row
  5. 5Sam DarrySecond row
  6. 6Tupou Vaa'iFlanker
  7. 7Ethan BlackadderFlanker
  8. 8Peter LakaiNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Richie Mo'ungaFly-half
  11. 11Josh MoorbyWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Anton Lienert-BrownCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Asafo AumuaBench
  17. 17Xavier NumiaBench
  18. 18Tyrel LomaxBench
  19. 19Josh LordBench
  20. 20Wallace SititiBench
  21. 21Kyle PrestonBench
  22. 22Rieko IoaneBench
  23. 23Beauden BarrettBench

Match officials

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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.