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South Africa v New Zealand — Rugby's Greatest Rivalry

Rugby's Greatest Rivalry · Round 1
Saturday 5 September 2026 · 15:10
South Africa
29–24
Ended
1st half 12–12 · 2nd half 17–12
New Zealand
Rugby's Greatest Rivalry

South Africa v New Zealand

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Form

South Africa
W W W L W
  • 43–28 v New Zealand · 12 Sep
  • 29–24 v New Zealand · 5 Sep
  • 33–26 v New Zealand · 29 Aug
New Zealand
L L L W W
  • 28–43 v South Africa · 12 Sep
  • 24–29 v South Africa · 5 Sep
  • 26–33 v South Africa · 29 Aug

How it happened

  1. 9' Yellow card Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
  2. 10' Sub Manie Libbok on for Cheslin Kolbe
  3. 11' Try Ardie Savea 0–5
  4. 12' Conversion Ruben Love 0–7
  5. 21' Try Kurt-Lee Arendse 5–7
  6. 26' Try Ardie Savea 5–12
  7. 31' Sub Wallace Sititi on for Ardie Savea
  8. 36' Yellow card Ruben Love
  9. 37' Try 10–12
  10. HT 12–12
  11. 44' Sub Anton Lienert-Brown on for Quinn Tupaea
  12. 44' Sub Morné van den Berg on for Cobus Reinach
  13. 46' Sub Xavier Numia on for George Bower
  14. 46' Sub Fletcher Newell on for Tyrel Lomax
  15. 51' Sub Thomas Du Toit on for Wilco Louw
  16. 56' Try Will Jordan 10–17
  17. 57' Sub Gerhard Steenekamp on for Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
  18. 57' Sub Deon Fourie on for Siya Kolisi
  19. 57' Sub Lood de Jager on for Eben Etzebeth
  20. 58' Try Jesse Kriel 15–17
  21. 59' Conversion Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 17–17
  22. 62' Sub Samisoni Taukei'aho on for Asafo Aumua
  23. 62' Sub Cameron Hanekom on for Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese
  24. 62' Sub Fabian Holland on for Sam Darry
  25. 66' Try Malcolm Marx 22–17
  26. 67' Sub Kyle Preston on for Cam Roigard
  27. 67' Conversion Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 24–17
  28. 68' Sub Joshua Moorby on for Leroy Carter
  29. 68' Sub Andre Esterhuizen on for Malcolm Marx
  30. 71' Penalty Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 27–17
  31. 80' Try Samisoni Taukei'aho 27–22
  32. 80' Conversion Damian McKenzie 27–24
  33. FT 29–24

Match stats

Possession

44%
Ball possession
56%
105
Passes
182

Scoring

4
Tries
4
2
Try assists
1
2
Conversions
2

Scoring other

82
Carries
116
6
Clean breaks
12
1
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
0

Other

5/5 (100%)
Scrums
11/11 (100%)
12/12 (100%)
Lineouts
11/12 (92%)
14
Turnovers
16
6
Turnovers won
7
459
Meters run
472
1
Offloads
11
150
Tackles
104
32
Tackles missed
22

Penalty

11
Penalties conceded
12
0
Red cards
0
1
Yellow cards
1

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
  2. Wilco Louw
  3. Ruan Nortje
  4. Pieter-Steph du Toit
  5. Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese
  6. Ethan Hooker
  7. Damian De Allende
  8. Jesse Kriel
  9. 2 Malcolm Marx
  10. 4 Eben Etzebeth
  11. 7 Siya Kolisi
  12. 9 Cobus Reinach
  13. 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
  14. 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse
  15. 11 Cheslin Kolbe
Replacements
  1. Deon Fourie
  2. Gerhard Steenekamp
  3. Thomas Du Toit
  4. Lood de Jager
  5. Andre Esterhuizen
  6. Morné van den Berg
  7. 8 Cameron Hanekom
  8. 10 Manie Libbok

Head coach: Rassie Erasmus

New Zealand

  1. George Bower
  2. Asafo Aumua
  3. Tyrel Lomax
  4. Tupou Vaa'i
  5. Sam Darry
  6. Peter Lakai
  7. Ardie Savea
  8. Cam Roigard
  9. Ruben Love
  10. Leroy Carter
  11. Jordie Barrett
  12. Quinn Tupaea
  13. Damian McKenzie
  14. 8 Luke Brittain Jacobson
  15. 14 Will Jordan
Replacements
  1. Samisoni Taukei'aho
  2. Xavier Numia
  3. Fletcher Newell
  4. Fabian Holland
  5. Kyle Preston
  6. Anton Lienert-Brown
  7. Joshua Moorby
  8. 8 Wallace Sititi

Head coach: Dave Rennie

Head to head

Last 5 meetings in our data: South Africa 3 – 2 New Zealand · avg 55 total points

12 Sep 2026 · Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
South Africa New Zealand
43
28 FT
Match info
29 Aug 2026 · Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
South Africa New Zealand
33
26 FT
Match info
22 Aug 2026 · Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
South Africa New Zealand
16
33 FT
Match info
13 Sep 2025 · The Rugby Championship
New Zealand South Africa
10
43 FT
Match info
6 Sep 2025 · The Rugby Championship
New Zealand South Africa
24
17 FT
Match info

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