| South Africa |
| 22 |
| New Zealand |
| 18 |
| 4 November 1999 | ||||||
| Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff | ||||||
| World Cup 3'rd place playoff | ||||||
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| Captain: Joost van der Westhuizen | Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Nick Mallett | Attendance: 70000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 27 | 38 | |
| Hooker | Naka Drotské | Cheetahs | 28 | 25 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Cobus Visagie | WP | 26 | 10 | |
| Lock | Krynauw Otto | Blue Bulls | 28 | 33 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 27 | 60 | |
| Flank | Rassie Erasmus | Lions | 26 | 27 | |
| Flank | André Venter | Cheetahs | 28 | 43 | |
| Eighthman | André Vos | Lions | 24 | 9 | |
| Scrumhalf (C) | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 28 | 57 | |
| Flyhalf | Henry Honiball | Sharks | 33 | 34 | 1 conversion, 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Stefan Terblanche | Sharks | 24 | 20 | |
| Inside Centre | Pieter Muller | Sharks | 30 | 32 | |
| Outside Centre | Robbie Fleck | WP | 24 | 10 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 23 | 7 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | WP | 25 | 33 | 2 dropgoals |
| Reserve | Ruben Kruger | Blue Bulls | 29 | 35 | |
| Reserve | Albert van den Berg | Griquas | 25 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Chris Rossouw | Lions | 30 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Ollie le Roux | Sharks | 26 | 25 | |
| Reserve | Werner Swanepoel | Lions | 26 | 14 |
| New Zealand: 6 penalties |