List of rugby union internationals between New Zealand and South Africa

The list of international rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa includes all the mandatory and friendly matches between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand and South Africa .

The first international match between New Zealand and South Africa took place on August 13, 1921 in Dunedin . Before the professional era began, 42 games were played, 21 of which were won by South Africa and 18 by New Zealand. Since the beginning of the professional era, 45 games have been played, 33 of which were won by New Zealand and 12 by South Africa.

New Zealand and South Africa have been playing for the Freedom Cup since 2004 and the Rugby Championship since 2006 .

Overview of the games

No.	date	venue	Result	winner	occasion
001.	Aug 13, 1921	Dunedin ( NZL )	13: 5	New Zealand	Tour from South Africa to Australia and New Zealand
002.	Aug 21, 1921	Auckland ( NZL )	5: 9	South Africa
003.	17 Sep 1921	Wellington ( NZL )	0-0	draw
004th	June 30, 1928	Durban ( RSA )	17: 0	South Africa	Tour from New Zealand to South Africa
005.	July 21, 1928	Johannesburg ( RSA )	6: 7	New Zealand
006th	Aug 18, 1928	Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	11: 6	South Africa
007th	0Sep 1 1928	Cape Town ( RSA )	5:13	New Zealand
008th.	Aug 14, 1937	Wellington ( NZL )	13: 7	New Zealand	Tour from South Africa to Australasia
009.	04th Sep 1937	Christchurch ( NZL )	6:13	South Africa
0010.	25 Sep 1937	Auckland ( NZL )	6:17	South Africa
0011.	July 16, 1949	Cape Town ( RSA )	15:11	South Africa	Tour from New Zealand to South Africa
0012.	Aug 13, 1949	Johannesburg ( RSA )	12: 6	South Africa
0013.	03rd Sep 1949	Durban ( RSA )	9: 3	South Africa
0014th	17 Sep 1949	Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	11: 8	South Africa
0015th	July 14, 1956	Dunedin ( NZL )	10: 6	New Zealand	Tour from South Africa to Australia and New Zealand
0016.	0Aug 4, 1956	Wellington ( NZL )	3: 8	South Africa
0017th	Aug 18, 1956	Christchurch ( NZL )	17:10	New Zealand
0018th	0Sep 1 1956	Auckland ( NZL )	11: 5	New Zealand
0019th	June 25, 1960	Johannesburg ( RSA )	13: 0	South Africa	Tour from New Zealand to South Africa
0020th	July 23, 1960	Cape Town ( RSA )	3:11	New Zealand
0021st	Aug 13, 1960	Bloemfontein ( RSA )	11:11	draw
0022nd	Aug 27, 1960	Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	8: 3	South Africa
0023.	July 31, 1965	Wellington ( NZL )	6: 3	New Zealand	Tour from South Africa to Australia and New Zealand
0024.	Aug 21, 1965	Dunedin ( NZL )	13: 0	New Zealand
0025th	04th Sep 1965	Christchurch ( NZL )	16:19	South Africa
0026th	Sep 18 1965	Auckland ( NZL )	20: 3	New Zealand
0027.	July 25, 1970	Pretoria ( RSA )	17: 6	South Africa	Tour from New Zealand to South Africa
0028.	0Aug 8, 1970	Cape Town ( RSA )	8: 9	New Zealand
0029	Aug 29, 1970	Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	14: 3	South Africa
0030th	Sep 12 1970	Johannesburg ( RSA )	20:17	South Africa
0031.	July 24, 1976	Durban ( RSA )	16: 7	South Africa	Tour from New Zealand to South Africa
0032.	Aug 14, 1976	Bloemfontein ( RSA )	9:15	New Zealand
0033.	04th Sep 1976	Cape Town ( RSA )	15:10	South Africa
0034.	Sep 18 1976	Johannesburg ( RSA )	15:14	South Africa
0035.	Aug 15, 1981	Christchurch ( NZL )	14: 9	New Zealand	Tour from South Africa to New Zealand
0036.	Aug 29, 1981	Wellington ( NZL )	12:24	South Africa
0037.	Sep 12 1981	Auckland ( NZL )	25:22	New Zealand
0038.	Aug 15, 1992	Johannesburg ( RSA )	24:27	New Zealand
0039.	0July 9, 1994	Dunedin ( NZL )	22:14	New Zealand	Tour from South Africa to New Zealand
0040.	July 23, 1994	Wellington ( NZL )	13: 9	New Zealand
0041.	0Aug 6, 1994	Auckland ( NZL )	18:18	draw
0042.	June 24, 1995	Johannesburg ( RSA )	15:12	South Africa	1995 Rugby Union World Cup final
0043.	July 20, 1996	Christchurch ( NZL )	15:11	New Zealand	Tri Nations 1996
0044.	Aug 10, 1996	Cape Town ( RSA )	18:29	New Zealand
0045.	Aug 17, 1996	Durban ( RSA )	19:23	New Zealand	Tour from New Zealand to South Africa
0046.	Aug 24, 1996	Pretoria ( RSA )	26:33	New Zealand
0047.	Aug 31, 1996	Johannesburg ( RSA )	32:22	South Africa
0048.	July 19, 1997	Johannesburg ( RSA )	32:35	New Zealand	Tri Nations 1997
0049.	0Aug 9, 1997	Auckland ( NZL )	55:35	New Zealand
0050.	July 25, 1998	Wellington ( NZL )	3:13	South Africa	Tri Nations 1998
0051.	Aug 15, 1998	Durban ( RSA )	24:23	South Africa
0052.	July 10, 1999	Dunedin ( NZL )	28: 0	New Zealand	Tri Nations 1999
0053.	0Aug 7, 1999	Pretoria ( RSA )	18:34	New Zealand
0054.	0Nov 4, 1999	Cardiff ( WAL )	22:18	South Africa	Game for 3rd place in the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup
0055.	July 22, 2000	Christchurch ( NZL )	25:12	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2000
0056.	Aug 19, 2000	Johannesburg ( RSA )	46:40	South Africa
0057.	July 21, 2001	Cape Town ( RSA )	3:12	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2001
0058.	Aug 25, 2001	Auckland ( NZL )	26:15	New Zealand
0059.	July 20, 2002	Wellington ( NZL )	41:20	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2002
0060.	Aug 10, 2002	Durban ( RSA )	23:30	New Zealand
0061.	July 19, 2003	Pretoria ( RSA )	16:52	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2003
0062.	0Aug 9, 2003	Dunedin ( NZL )	19:11	New Zealand
0063.	0Nov 9, 2003	Melbourne ( AUS )	29: 9	New Zealand	Quarter-finals of the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup
0064.	July 24, 2004	Christchurch ( NZL )	23:21	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2004
0065.	Aug 14, 2004	Johannesburg ( RSA )	40:26	South Africa
0066.	0Aug 6, 2005	Cape Town ( RSA )	22:16	South Africa	Tri Nations 2005
0067.	Aug 27, 2005	Dunedin ( NZL )	31:27	New Zealand
0068.	July 22, 2006	Wellington ( NZL )	35:17	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2006
0069.	Aug 26, 2006	Pretoria ( RSA )	26:45	New Zealand
0070.	0Sep 2 2006	Rustenburg ( RSA )	21:20	South Africa
0071.	June 23, 2007	Durban ( RSA )	21:26	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2007
0072.	July 14, 2007	Christchurch ( NZL )	33: 6	New Zealand
0073.	0July 5, 2008	Wellington ( NZL )	19: 8	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2008
0074.	July 12, 2008	Dunedin ( NZL )	28:30	South Africa
0075.	Aug 16, 2008	Cape Town ( RSA )	0:19	New Zealand
0076.	July 25, 2009	Bloemfontein ( RSA )	28:19	South Africa	Tri Nations 2009
0077.	0Aug 1, 2009	Durban ( RSA )	31:19	South Africa
0078.	Sep 12 2009	Hamilton ( NZL )	29:32	South Africa
0079.	July 10, 2010	Auckland ( NZL )	32:12	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2010
0080.	July 17, 2010	Wellington ( NZL )	31:17	New Zealand
0081.	Aug 21, 2010	Johannesburg ( RSA )	22:29	New Zealand
0082.	July 30, 2011	Wellington ( NZL )	40: 7	New Zealand	Tri Nations 2011
0083.	Aug 20, 2011	Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	18: 5	South Africa
0084.	Sep 15 2012	Dunedin ( NZL )	21:11	New Zealand	The Rugby Championship 2012
0085.	0Oct 6, 2012	Johannesburg ( RSA )	16:32	New Zealand
0086.	Sep 14 2013	Auckland ( NZL )	29:15	New Zealand	The Rugby Championship 2013
0087.	0Oct 5, 2013	Johannesburg ( RSA )	27:38	New Zealand
0088	13 Sep 2014	Wellington ( NZL )	14:10	New Zealand	The Rugby Championship 2014
0089.	0Oct 4, 2014	Johannesburg ( RSA )	27:25	South Africa
0090.	July 25, 2015	Johannesburg ( RSA )	20:27	New Zealand	The Rugby Championship 2015
0091.	Oct 24, 2015	London ( ENG )	20:18	New Zealand	Semifinals of the Rugby Union World Cup 2015

Match balance

	Games	Wins New Zealand	draw	Wins South Africa	Points New Zealand	Points South Africa
Games in New Zealand	41	30th	2	9	820	531
Games in South Africa	47	21st	1	25th	878	850
Others	3	2	0	1	67	49
total	91	53	3	35	1765	1430

Web links

• List on ESPN
• Statistics on Allblacks.com
• Statistics on Rugbydata.com