History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa

The All Blacks (New Zealand) and the Springboks (South Africa) have been playing Test match rugby union since 1921 when the All Blacks beat the Springboks in Dunedin 13 – 5. There is considerable history behind the All Blacks-Springbok matches, much of it off the field. In 1981, there were protests in New Zealand over the Springboks coming to New Zealand due to the then South African government's policy of apartheid. Up until the start of the professional era, the Springboks had won 21 tests to the All Blacks 18. In the 45 matches since the start of the professional era, the All Blacks have won 34 tests to the 12 of the Springboks.

Since 2004 New Zealand and South Africa have contested the Freedom Cup, it has been included as part of the Rugby Championship since 2006. On the occasion that the annual series is drawn, the winner is decided through aggregate.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by South Africa	Drawn	New Zealand points	South Africa points
In New Zealand	41	30	9	2	820	531
In South Africa	47	21	25	1	878	850
Neutral venue	3	2	1	0	67	49
Overall	91	53	35	3	1765	1430

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	New Zealand	South Africa
Longest winning streak	8 (21 Jul 2001–14 Aug 2004)	6 (4 Sept 1937–14 Jul 1956)
Largest points for
Home	55 (9 August 1997)	46 (19 August 2000)
Away	52 (19 July 2003)	35 (9 August 1997)
Largest winning margin
Home	33 (30 July 2011)	17 (30 June 1928)
Away	36 (19 July 2003)	12 (29 August 1981)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
92	17 September 2016	AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand	–		2016 Rugby Championship
91	24 October 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London, England	18 – 20	New Zealand	2015 Rugby World Cup Semi-final
90	25 July 2015	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	20 – 27	New Zealand	2015 Rugby Championship
89	4 October 2014	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	27 – 25	South Africa	2014 Rugby Championship
88	13 September 2014	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	14 – 10	New Zealand
87	5 October 2013	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	27 – 38	New Zealand	2013 Rugby Championship
86	14 September 2013	Eden Park, Auckland	29 – 15	New Zealand
85	6 October 2012	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg	16 – 32	New Zealand	2012 Rugby Championship
84	15 September 2012	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	21 – 11	New Zealand
83	20 August 2011	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	18 – 5	South Africa	2011 Tri Nations Series
82	30 July 2011	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	40 – 7	New Zealand
81	21 August 2010	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg	22 – 29	New Zealand	2010 Tri Nations Series
80	17 July 2010	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	31 – 17	New Zealand
79	10 July 2010	Eden Park, Auckland	32 – 12	New Zealand
78	12 September 2009	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	29 – 32	South Africa	2009 Tri Nations Series
77	1 August 2009	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	31 – 19	South Africa
76	25 July 2009	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	28 – 19	South Africa
75	16 August 2008	Newlands, Cape Town	0 – 19	New Zealand	2008 Tri Nations Series
74	12 July 2008	Carisbrook, Dunedin	28 – 30	South Africa
73	5 July 2008	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	19 – 8	New Zealand
72	14 July 2007	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	33 – 6	New Zealand	2007 Tri Nations Series
71	23 June 2007	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	21 – 26	New Zealand
70	2 September 2006	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	21 – 20	South Africa	2006 Tri Nations Series
69	26 August 2006	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	26 – 45	New Zealand
68	22 July 2006	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	35 – 17	New Zealand
67	27 August 2005	Carisbrook, Dunedin	31 – 27	New Zealand	2005 Tri Nations Series
66	6 August 2005	Newlands, Cape Town	22 – 16	South Africa
65	14 August 2004	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	40 – 26	South Africa	2004 Tri Nations Series
64	24 July 2004	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	23 – 21	New Zealand
63	9 November 2003	Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia	29 – 9	New Zealand	2003 Rugby World Cup
62	9 August 2003	Carisbrook, Dunedin	19 – 11	New Zealand	2003 Tri Nations Series
61	19 July 2003	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	16 – 52	New Zealand
60	10 August 2002	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	23 – 30	New Zealand	2002 Tri Nations Series
59	20 July 2002	WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington	41 – 20	New Zealand
58	25 August 2001	Eden Park, Auckland	26 – 15	New Zealand	2001 Tri Nations Series
57	21 July 2001	Newlands, Cape Town	3 – 12	New Zealand
56	19 August 2000	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	46 – 40	South Africa	2000 Tri Nations Series
55	22 July 2000	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	25 – 12	New Zealand
54	4 November 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	22 – 18	South Africa	1999 Rugby World Cup
53	7 August 1999	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	18 – 34	New Zealand	1999 Tri Nations Series
52	10 July 1999	Carisbrook, Dunedin	28 – 0	New Zealand
51	15 August 1998	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	24 – 23	South Africa	1998 Tri Nations Series
50	25 July 1998	Athletic Park, Wellington	3 – 13	South Africa
49	9 August 1997	Eden Park, Auckland	55 – 35	New Zealand	1997 Tri Nations Series
48	19 July 1997	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	32 – 35	New Zealand
47	31 August 1996	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	32 – 22	South Africa	1996 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
46	24 August 1996	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	26 – 33	New Zealand
45	17 August 1996	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	19 – 23	New Zealand
44	10 August 1996	Newlands, Cape Town	18 – 29	New Zealand	1996 Tri Nations Series
43	20 July 1996	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	15 – 11	New Zealand
42	24 June 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	15 – 12	South Africa	1995 Rugby World Cup Final
41	6 August 1994	Eden Park, Auckland	18 – 18	draw	1994 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand
40	23 July 1994	Athletic Park, Wellington	13 – 9	New Zealand
39	9 July 1994	Carisbrook, Dunedin	22 – 14	New Zealand
38	15 August 1992	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	24 – 27	New Zealand
37	12 September 1981	Eden Park, Auckland	25 – 22	New Zealand	1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand
36	29 August 1981	Athletic Park, Wellington	12 – 24	South Africa
35	15 August 1981	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	14 – 9	New Zealand
34	18 September 1976	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	15 – 14	South Africa	1976 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
33	4 September 1976	Newlands, Cape Town	15 – 10	South Africa
32	14 August 1976	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	9 – 15	New Zealand
31	24 July 1976	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	16 – 7	South Africa
30	12 September 1970	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	20 – 17	South Africa	1970 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
29	29 August 1970	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	14 – 3	South Africa
28	8 August 1970	Newlands, Cape Town	8 – 9	New Zealand
27	25 July 1970	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	17 – 6	South Africa
26	18 September 1965	Eden Park, Auckland	20 – 3	New Zealand	1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
25	4 September 1965	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	16 – 19	South Africa
24	21 August 1965	Carisbrook, Dunedin	13 – 0	New Zealand
23	31 July 1965	Athletic Park, Wellington	6 – 3	New Zealand
22	27 August 1960	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	8 – 3	South Africa	1960 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
21	13 August 1960	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	11 – 11	draw
20	23 July 1960	Newlands, Cape Town	3 – 11	New Zealand
19	25 June 1960	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	13 – 0	South Africa
18	1 September 1956	Eden Park, Auckland	11 – 5	New Zealand	1956 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
17	18 August 1956	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	17 – 10	New Zealand
16	4 August 1956	Athletic Park, Wellington	3 – 8	South Africa
15	14 July 1956	Carisbrook, Dunedin	10 – 6	New Zealand
14	17 September 1949	Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth	11 – 8	South Africa	1949 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
13	3 September 1949	Kingsmead, Durban	9 – 3	South Africa
12	13 August 1949	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	12 – 6	South Africa
11	16 July 1949	Newlands, Cape Town	15 – 11	South Africa
10	25 September 1937	Eden Park, Auckland	6 – 17	South Africa	1937 South Africa rugby union tour to Australasia
9	4 September 1937	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	6 – 13	South Africa
8	14 August 1937	Athletic Park, Wellington	13 – 7	New Zealand
7	1 September 1928	Newlands, Cape Town	5 – 13	New Zealand	1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
6	18 August 1928	Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth	11 – 6	South Africa
5	21 July 1928	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	6 – 7	New Zealand
4	30 June 1928	Kingsmead, Durban	17 – 0	South Africa
3	17 September 1921	Athletic Park, Wellington	0 – 0	draw	1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
2	21 August 1921	Eden Park, Auckland	5 – 9	South Africa
1	13 August 1921	Carisbrook, Dunedin	13 – 5	New Zealand

Points

Individual

Note:Active players in bold

Name	Country	Points	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals
Dan Carter	New Zealand	221	3	25	51	1
Andrew Mehrtens	New Zealand	209	0	19	53	4
Percy Montgomery	South Africa	103	1	16	19	3
Carlos Spencer	New Zealand	84	3	12	15	0
Joel Stransky	South Africa	54	0	3	14	2
Morné Steyn	South Africa	56	1	3	14	1
Christian Cullen	New Zealand	50	10	0	0	0
Naas Botha	South Africa	44	0	7	9	1
André Pretorius	South Africa	41	1	6	6	2
Joe Rokocoko	New Zealand	45	9	0	0	0
Braam van Straaten	South Africa	40	0	5	10	0

See also

• New Zealand Cavaliers
• Rugby union in New Zealand
• Rugby union in South Africa

External links

• Complete List of Results at ESPN
• New Zealand v South Africa Head to Head on Allblacks.com
• Statistics for New Zealand vs South Africa on Rugbydata.com