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New Zealand vs South Africa · The Rugby Championship

The Rugby Championship · 2025Full time
New Zealand
24–17
South Africa

Match report

New Zealand beat South Africa 24-17 at Eden Park, Auckland in round 3 of the Rugby Championship on Saturday, 6 September 2025.

Karl Dickson refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

2
New Zealand wins (20%)
0
Draws (0%)
8
South Africa wins (80%)

Last 10 meetings, since August 2023

Biggest New Zealand win
33–16
22 Aug 2026
Biggest South Africa win
43–10
13 Sept 2025

Last 5 meetings

  • 12 Sept 2026 · Friendly International
    South Africa43
    New Zealand28
  • 5 Sept 2026 · Friendly International
    South Africa29
    New Zealand24
  • 29 Aug 2026 · Friendly International
    South Africa33
    New Zealand26
  • 22 Aug 2026 · Friendly International
    South Africa16
    New Zealand33
  • 13 Sept 2025 · Rugby Championship
    New Zealand10
    South Africa43

Lineups

Avg. age
28.6
Avg. age
31.7

New Zealand

  1. 1Will Jordan
  2. 1Ethan de Groot
  3. 2Codie Taylor
  4. 3Fletcher Newell
  5. 5Tupou Vaa'i
  6. 6Simon Parker
  7. 8Wallace Sititi
  8. 9Finlay Christie
  9. 10Beauden Barrett
  10. 11Rieko Ioane
  11. 12Jordie Barrett
  12. 13Billy Proctor
  13. 14Emoni Narawa
Replacements
  1. 16Samisoni Taukei'aho
  2. 17Tamaiti Williams
  3. 18Tyrel Lomax
  4. 20Du'Plessis Kirifi
  5. 21Kyle Preston
  6. 23Damian McKenzie

South Africa

  1. 1Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
  2. 2Malcolm Marx
  3. 3Thomas Du Toit
  4. 4Eben Etzebeth
  5. 5Ruan Nortje
  6. 6Marco van Staden
  7. 7Pieter-Steph du Toit
  8. 8Siya Kolisi
  9. 9Grant Williams
  10. 10Handre Pollard
  11. 11Canan Moodie
  12. 12Damian De Allende
  13. 13Jesse Kriel
  14. 14Cheslin Kolbe
  15. 15Willie Le Roux
Replacements
  1. 16Jan-Hendrik Wessels
  2. 17Boan Venter
  3. 18Wilco Louw
  4. 20Kwagga Smith
  5. 21Cobus Reinach
  6. 22Sacha Mngomenzulu
  7. 23Ethan Hooker