South Africa v New Zealand — Rugby's Greatest Rivalry

1. Full-time33–26
2. 80′ YCYellow card South Africa: Lood de Jager Yellow card
3. 78′ CONConversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 33–26
4. 77′ TRYTry New Zealand: Ardie Savea Try 33–24
5. 72′ PENPenalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 33–19
6. 72′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Kyle Preston On for Cam Roigard
7. 68′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Anton Lienert-Brown On for Quinn Tupaea
8. 68′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Cameron Hanekom On for Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese
9. 68′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Lood de Jager On for Ruan Nortje
10. 66′ TRYTry New Zealand: Leroy Carter Try 30–19
11. 63′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Patrick Tuipulotu On for Luke Brittain Jacobson
12. 57′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Morné van den Berg On for Cobus Reinach
13. 57′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Wilco Louw On for Thomas Du Toit
14. 54′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Xavier Numia On for George Bower
15. 52′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Peter Lakai On for Simon Parker
16. 51′ PENPenalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 30–14
17. 49′ PENPenalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 27–14
18. 49′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Fletcher Newell On for Tyrel Lomax
19. 49′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Asafo Aumua On for Codie Taylor
20. 43′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Andre Esterhuizen On for Siya Kolisi
21. Half-time24–14
22. 40′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Manie Libbok On for Damian Willemse
23. 39′ CONConversion South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Conversion 24–14
24. 38′ TRYTry South Africa: Siya Kolisi Try 22–14
25. 36′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché On for Gerhard Steenekamp
26. 36′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Malcolm Marx On for Deon Fourie
27. 31′ CONConversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 17–14
28. 30′ TRYTry New Zealand: Damian McKenzie Try 17–12
29. 23′ CONConversion South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Conversion 17–7
30. 22′ TRYTry South Africa: Damian De Allende Try 15–7
31. 19′ PENPenalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 10–7
32. 17′ CONConversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 7–7
33. 16′ TRYTry New Zealand: Cam Roigard Try 7–5
34. 3′ CONConversion South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Conversion 7–0
35. 2′ TRYTry South Africa: Jesse Kriel Try 5–0

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South Africa wins

6

Draws

0

New Zealand wins

2

Last 8 meetings in our data, all competitions.

1. 12 Sep 2026 South Africa 43–28 New Zealand, won by South Africa Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
2. 5 Sep 2026 South Africa 29–24 New Zealand, won by South Africa Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
3. 22 Aug 2026 South Africa 16–33 New Zealand, won by New Zealand Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
4. 13 Sep 2025 New Zealand 10–43 South Africa, won by South Africa The Rugby Championship
5. 6 Sep 2025 New Zealand 24–17 South Africa, won by New Zealand The Rugby Championship
6. 7 Sep 2024 South Africa 18–12 New Zealand, won by South Africa The Rugby Championship
7. 31 Aug 2024 South Africa 31–27 New Zealand, won by South Africa The Rugby Championship
8. 28 Oct 2023 New Zealand 11–12 South Africa, won by South Africa Rugby World Cup