South Africa 43 - 28 All Blacks

Full time

12 Sep 2026

International Friendlies

Stage: Regular Season Round 1

M&T Bank Stadium

South Africa vs All Blacks head to head

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South Africa secured a convincing 43-28 victory over New Zealand in an international friendly. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu opened the scoring with a penalty, but New Zealand quickly responded through a try from Codie Taylor. South Africa regained the lead with tries from Damian de Allende and Morne van den Berg, finishing the first half 17-14 ahead. In the second half, de Allende scored another try, followed by a powerful effort from Pieter-Steph du Toit. New Zealand fought back with a try from Ethan Blackadder, narrowing the gap. However, South Africa’s scoring continued with tries from Kurt-Lee Arendse and Cameron Hanekom. Despite Beauden Barrett's late try for New Zealand, South Africa maintained control to seal the match.

Broadcasters

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Weather

Temperature: 27.7°C (Feels like 27.4°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 13.6 km/h, gusting to 24.2 km/h Humidity: 70% Cloud Cover: 95%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
3'

Penalty

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu · South Africa

3 - 0
6'

Substitution

Wallace Sititi on for Peter Lakai · All Blacks
7'

Try

Codie Taylor · All Blacks

3 - 5
8'

Conversion

Damian McKenzie · All Blacks

3 - 7
14'

Try

Damian de Allende · South Africa

8 - 7
15'

Conversion

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu · South Africa

10 - 7
18'

Substitution

Peter Lakai on for Wallace Sititi · All Blacks
21'

Try

Morne van den Berg · South Africa

15 - 7
22'

Conversion

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu · South Africa

17 - 7
28'

Missed Drop Goal

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu · South Africa
36'

Try

Will Jordan · All Blacks

17 - 12
37'

Conversion

Damian McKenzie · All Blacks

17 - 14
39'

Substitution

Rieko Ioane on for Anton Lienert-Brown · All Blacks
Halftime 17 - 14
Second Half
43'

Substitution

Gerhard Steenekamp on for Ox Nche · South Africa
43'

Substitution

Thomas du Toit on for Wilco Louw · South Africa
43'

Substitution

Lood de Jager on for Ruan Nortje · South Africa
43'

Substitution

Andre Esterhuizen on for Siya Kolisi · South Africa
48'

Try

Damian de Allende · South Africa

22 - 14
48'

Substitution

Xavier Numia on for Ethan de Groot · All Blacks
48'

Substitution

Asafo Aumua on for Codie Taylor · All Blacks
48'

Substitution

Tyrel Lomax on for Fletcher Newell · All Blacks
49'

Substitution

Deon Fourie on for Malcolm Marx · South Africa
51'

Try

Pieter-Steph du Toit · South Africa

27 - 14
52'

Conversion

Morne van den Berg · South Africa

29 - 14
54'

Substitution

Wallace Sititi on for Patrick Tuipulotu · All Blacks
57'

Substitution

Manie Libbok on for Damian Willemse · South Africa
57'

Substitution

Josh Lord on for Sam Darry · All Blacks
60'

Substitution

Cobus Reinach on for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu · South Africa
62'

Try

Ethan Blackadder · All Blacks

29 - 19
63'

Conversion

Damian McKenzie · All Blacks

29 - 21
65'

Substitution

Kyle Preston on for Cam Roigard · All Blacks
65'

Substitution

Cameron Hanekom on for Pieter-Steph du Toit · South Africa
71'

Try

Kurt-Lee Arendse · South Africa

34 - 21
71'

Substitution

Beauden Barrett on for Josh Moorby · All Blacks
72'

Conversion

Manie Libbok · South Africa

36 - 21
75'

Try

Cameron Hanekom · South Africa

41 - 21
76'

Conversion

Manie Libbok · South Africa

43 - 21
79'

Try

Beauden Barrett · All Blacks

43 - 28
79'

Conversion

Damian McKenzie · All Blacks

43 - 23
Fulltime 43 - 28

Player ratings

South Africa

15 Damian Willemse 7.0
14 Kurt-Lee Arendse 10.0
13 Jesse Kriel 6.4
12 Damian de Allende 8.5
11 Ethan Hooker 7.3
10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 7.6
9 Morne van den Berg 8.0
1 Ox Nche 6.2
2 Malcolm Marx 8.0
3 Wilco Louw 7.5
4 Eben Etzebeth 7.6
5 Ruan Nortje 6.9
6 Siya Kolisi 7.2
7 Pieter-Steph du Toit 6.9
8 Jasper Wiese 8.2
16 Deon Fourie 6.2
17 Gerhard Steenekamp 6.3
18 Thomas du Toit 6.2
19 Lood de Jager 6.5
20 Andre Esterhuizen 6.3
21 Cameron Hanekom 7.1
22 Cobus Reinach 6.5
23 Manie Libbok 6.7

All Blacks

15 Damian McKenzie 8.2
14 Will Jordan 6.6
13 Anton Lienert-Brown 6.7
12 Jordie Barrett 7.4
11 Josh Moorby 6.6
10 Richie Mo'unga 6.2
9 Cam Roigard 7.7
1 Ethan de Groot 6.3
2 Codie Taylor 7.5
3 Fletcher Newell 6.6
4 Patrick Tuipulotu 6.3
5 Sam Darry 6.3
6 Tupou Vaa'i 5.8
7 Ethan Blackadder 7.3
8 Peter Lakai 8.3
16 Asafo Aumua 6.6
17 Xavier Numia 6.7
18 Tyrel Lomax 6.3
19 Josh Lord 5.8
20 Wallace Sititi 6.3
21 Kyle Preston 5.6
22 Rieko Ioane 6.0
23 Beauden Barrett –