South Africa v New Zealand — Rugby's Greatest Rivalry

1. Full-time43–28
2. 80′ CONConversion New Zealand: Damian McKenzie Conversion 43–28
3. 80′ TRYTry New Zealand: Beauden Barrett Try 43–26
4. 77′ CONConversion South Africa: Manie Libbok Conversion 43–21
5. 76′ TRYTry South Africa: Cameron Hanekom Try 41–21
6. 73′ CONConversion South Africa: Manie Libbok Conversion 36–21
7. 72′ TRYTry South Africa: Kurt-Lee Arendse Try 34–21
8. 72′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Beauden Barrett On for Joshua Moorby
9. 66′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Kyle Preston On for Cam Roigard
10. 66′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Cameron Hanekom On for Pieter-Steph du Toit
11. 64′ CONConversion New Zealand: Damian McKenzie Conversion 29–21
12. 63′ TRYTry New Zealand: Ethan Blackadder Try 29–19
13. 61′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Cobus Reinach On for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
14. 58′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Josh Lord On for Sam Darry
15. 58′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Manie Libbok On for Damian Willemse
16. 55′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Wallace Sititi On for Patrick Tuipulotu
17. 53′ CONConversion South Africa: Morné van den Berg Conversion 29–14
18. 52′ TRYTry South Africa: Pieter-Steph du Toit Try 27–14
19. 50′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Deon Fourie On for Malcolm Marx
20. 49′ TRYTry South Africa: Damian De Allende Try 22–14
21. 49′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Tyrel Lomax On for Fletcher Newell
22. 49′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Asafo Aumua On for Codie Taylor
23. 49′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Xavier Numia On for Ethan de Groot
24. 44′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Andre Esterhuizen On for Siya Kolisi
25. 44′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Lood de Jager On for Ruan Nortje
26. 44′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Thomas Du Toit On for Wilco Louw
27. 44′ SUBReplacement South Africa: Gerhard Steenekamp On for Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
28. Half-time17–14
29. 40′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Rieko Ioane On for Anton Lienert-Brown
30. 38′ CONConversion New Zealand: Damian McKenzie Conversion 17–14
31. 37′ TRYTry New Zealand: Will Jordan Try 17–12
32. 23′ CONConversion South Africa: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Conversion 17–7
33. 22′ TRYTry South Africa: Morné van den Berg Try 15–7
34. 19′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Peter Lakai On for Wallace Sititi
35. 16′ CONConversion South Africa: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Conversion 10–7
36. 15′ TRYTry South Africa: Damian De Allende Try 8–7
37. 9′ CONConversion New Zealand: Damian McKenzie Conversion 3–7
38. 8′ TRYTry New Zealand: Codie Taylor Try 3–5
39. 7′ SUBReplacement New Zealand: Wallace Sititi On for Peter Lakai
40. 4′ PENPenalty goal South Africa: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Penalty goal 3–0

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The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.

South Africa wins

6

Draws

0

New Zealand wins

2

Last 8 meetings in our data, all competitions.

1. 5 Sep 2026 South Africa 29–24 New Zealand, won by South Africa Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
2. 29 Aug 2026 South Africa 33–26 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