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South Africa vs New Zealand LIVE: score, updates and commentary

Rugby's Greatest Rivalry · Round 1
Saturday 22 August 2026 · 15:10
South Africa
16–33
Ended
1st half 13–12 · 2nd half 3–21
New Zealand
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South Africa v New Zealand kicks off at 15:10. Team news, line-ups and minute-by-minute commentary live on this page.

Rugby's Greatest Rivalry

South Africa v New Zealand

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  1. Quinn Tupaea 100%

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Form

South Africa
W L W W W
  • 33–26 v New Zealand · 29 Aug
  • 16–33 v New Zealand · 22 Aug
  • 17–10 v Argentina · 8 Aug
New Zealand
L W W W W
  • 26–33 v South Africa · 29 Aug
  • 41–35 v Fidelity ADT Lions · 25 Aug
  • 33–16 v South Africa · 22 Aug

Live commentary

  1. ·

    Build-up is under way in the first Test of the Greatest Rivalry Tour. Team news, line-ups and full minute-by-minute commentary of South Africa vs the All Blacks follow here from kick-off.

Match stats

Possession

51%
Ball possession
49%
108
Passes
125

Scoring

1
Tries
5
1
Try assists
4
1
Conversions
4

Scoring other

78
Carries
76
7
Clean breaks
6
3
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
0

Other

3/4 (75%)
Scrums
11/14 (79%)
14/15 (93%)
Lineouts
11/14 (79%)
23
Turnovers
14
5
Turnovers won
14
341
Meters run
255
2
Offloads
4
89
Tackles
129
25
Tackles missed
21

Penalty

10
Penalties conceded
14
0
Red cards
0
2
Yellow cards
0

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
  2. Wilco Louw
  3. Ruan Nortje
  4. Paul de Villiers
  5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
  6. Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese
  7. Grant Williams
  8. Damian De Allende
  9. Jesse Kriel
  10. 2 Malcolm Marx
  11. 4 Eben Etzebeth
  12. 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
  13. 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse
  14. 11 Cheslin Kolbe
  15. 15 Damian Willemse
Replacements
  1. Jan-Hendrik Wessells
  2. Gerhard Steenekamp
  3. Zachary Porthen
  4. Cobus Wiese
  5. Andre Esterhuizen
  6. Marco Van Staden
  7. 9 Cobus Reinach
  8. 10 Manie Libbok

Head coach: Rassie Erasmus

New Zealand

  1. Ethan de Groot
  2. Codie Taylor
  3. Tyrel Lomax
  4. Josh Lord
  5. Fabian Holland
  6. Tupou Vaa'i
  7. Ardie Savea
  8. Cam Roigard
  9. Ruben Love
  10. Joshua Moorby
  11. Jordie Barrett
  12. Quinn Tupaea
  13. Damian McKenzie
  14. 8 Luke Brittain Jacobson
  15. 14 Will Jordan
Replacements
  1. Asafo Aumua
  2. George Bower
  3. Fletcher Newell
  4. Peter Lakai
  5. Simon Parker
  6. Kyle Preston
  7. Anton Lienert-Brown
  8. Leroy Carter

Head coach: Dave Rennie

Head to head

Last 5 meetings in our data: South Africa 4 – 1 New Zealand · avg 48 total points

29 Aug 2026 · Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
South Africa New Zealand
33
26 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
7 Sep 2024 · The Rugby Championship
South Africa New Zealand
18
12 FT
Match info
31 Aug 2024 · The Rugby Championship
South Africa New Zealand
31
27 FT
Match info

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