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South Africa vs New Zealand LIVE: score, updates and commentary
South Africa scorers:
Tries Esterhuizen 14′
Cons Kolbe 14′
Pens Kolbe 5′, Kolbe 27′, Kolbe 47′
New Zealand scorers:
Tries Jordan 9′, Moorby 23′, Holland 48′, Jacobson 59′, Jordan 75′
Cons Love 24′, Love 49′, Love 60′, Love 76′
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South Africa 16, New Zealand 33 — full-time.
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 16:10
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 17:10
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sun 01:10
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sun 03:10
Form and season so far
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time16–33
- 76′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 16–33
- 76′ Replacement New Zealand: Kyle Preston On for Cam Roigard
- 76′ Replacement New Zealand: Anton Lienert-Brown On for Quinn Tupaea
- 76′ Replacement New Zealand: Peter Lakai On for Luke Brittain Jacobson
- 75′ Try New Zealand: Will Jordan Try 16–31
- 74′ Replacement South Africa: Cobus Wiese On for Eben Etzebeth
- 71′ Yellow card South Africa: Cobus Reinach Yellow card
- 69′ Yellow card South Africa: Marco Van Staden Yellow card
- 67′ Replacement South Africa: Jan-Hendrik Wessells On for Gerhard Steenekamp
- 64′ Replacement New Zealand: Leroy Carter On for Joshua Moorby
- 63′ Replacement South Africa: Manie Libbok On for Andre Esterhuizen
- 62′ Replacement South Africa: Marco Van Staden On for Paul de Villiers
- 61′ Replacement South Africa: Zachary Porthen On for Wilco Louw
- 60′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 16–26
- 59′ Try New Zealand: Luke Brittain Jacobson Try 16–24
- 58′ Replacement South Africa: Cobus Reinach On for Cheslin Kolbe
- 55′ Replacement New Zealand: Asafo Aumua On for Codie Taylor
- 51′ Replacement New Zealand: Fletcher Newell On for Tyrel Lomax
- 49′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 16–19
- 48′ Try New Zealand: Fabian Holland Try 16–17
- 47′ Penalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 16–12
- 46′ Replacement South Africa: Gerhard Steenekamp On for Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
- Half-time13–12
- 38′ Replacement New Zealand: Simon Parker On for Josh Lord
- 38′ Replacement New Zealand: George Bower On for Ethan de Groot
- 27′ Penalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 13–12
- 24′ Conversion New Zealand: Ruben Love Conversion 10–12
- 23′ Try New Zealand: Joshua Moorby Try 10–10
- 14′ Conversion South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Conversion 10–5
- 14′ Try South Africa: Andre Esterhuizen Try 8–5
- 10′ Replacement South Africa: Andre Esterhuizen On for Kurt-Lee Arendse
- 9′ Try New Zealand: Will Jordan Try 3–5
- 5′ Penalty goal South Africa: Cheslin Kolbe Penalty goal 3–0
- 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.
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
South Africa
Coach: Rassie Erasmus- 1 Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché Prop
- 2 Malcolm Marx Hooker
- 3 Wilco Louw Prop
- 4 Eben Etzebeth Lock
- 5 Ruan Nortje Lock
- 6 Paul de Villiers Flanker
- 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain) Flanker
- 8 Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese No. 8
- 9 Grant Williams Scrum-half
- 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Fly-half
- 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse Wing
- 12 Damian De Allende Centre
- 13 Jesse Kriel Centre
- 14 Cheslin Kolbe Wing
- 15 Damian Willemse Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessells on at 67′
- 17 Gerhard Steenekamp on at 46′
- 18 Zachary Porthen on at 61′
- 19 Cobus Wiese on at 74′
- 20 Andre Esterhuizen on at 10′
- 21 Marco Van Staden on at 62′
- 22 Cobus Reinach on at 58′
- 23 Manie Libbok on at 63′
New Zealand
Coach: Dave Rennie- 1 Ethan de Groot Prop
- 2 Codie Taylor Hooker
- 3 Tyrel Lomax Prop
- 4 Josh Lord Lock
- 5 Fabian Holland Lock
- 6 Tupou Vaa'i Flanker
- 7 Luke Brittain Jacobson Flanker
- 8 Ardie Savea (captain) No. 8
- 9 Cam Roigard Scrum-half
- 10 Ruben Love Fly-half
- 11 Joshua Moorby Wing
- 12 Jordie Barrett Centre
- 13 Quinn Tupaea Centre
- 14 Will Jordan Wing
- 15 Damian McKenzie Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Asafo Aumua on at 55′
- 17 George Bower on at 38′
- 18 Fletcher Newell on at 51′
- 19 Peter Lakai on at 76′
- 20 Simon Parker on at 38′
- 21 Kyle Preston on at 76′
- 22 Anton Lienert-Brown on at 76′
- 23 Leroy Carter on at 64′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: South Africa 51%, New Zealand 49%
Carries: South Africa 78, New Zealand 76
Metres made: South Africa 341, New Zealand 255
Line breaks: South Africa 7, New Zealand 6
Tackles made: South Africa 89, New Zealand 129
Tackles missed: South Africa 25, New Zealand 21
Turnovers won: South Africa 5, New Zealand 14
Lineouts won: South Africa 14/15, New Zealand 11/14
Scrums won: South Africa 3/4, New Zealand 11/14
Penalties conceded: South Africa 10, New Zealand 14
Yellow cards: South Africa 2, New Zealand 0
Red cards: South Africa 0, New Zealand 0
Passes: South Africa 108, New Zealand 125
Tries: South Africa 1, New Zealand 5
Try assists: South Africa 1, New Zealand 4
Conversions: South Africa 1, New Zealand 4
Penalty goals: South Africa 3, New Zealand 0
Drop goals: South Africa 0, New Zealand 0
Turnovers: South Africa 23, New Zealand 14
Offloads: South Africa 2, New Zealand 4
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- South Africa wins
- 7
- Draws
- 0
- New Zealand wins
- 1
Last 8 meetings in our data, all competitions.
- South Africa 43–28 New Zealand, won by South Africa Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
- South Africa 29–24 New Zealand, won by South Africa Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
- South Africa 33–26 New Zealand, won by South Africa Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
- New Zealand 10–43 South Africa, won by South Africa The Rugby Championship
- New Zealand 24–17 South Africa, won by New Zealand The Rugby Championship
- South Africa 18–12 New Zealand, won by South Africa The Rugby Championship
- South Africa 31–27 New Zealand, won by South Africa The Rugby Championship
- New Zealand 11–12 South Africa, won by South Africa Rugby World Cup
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