| South Africa |
| 9 |
| New Zealand |
| 29 |
| 8 November 2003 | ||||||
| Colonial Stadium (Telstra Dome), Melbourne | ||||||
| World Cup Quarterfinal | ||||||
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| Captain: Corné Krige | Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England) | |||||
| Coach: Rudolph Straeuli | Attendance: 50000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Christo Bezuidenhout | Pumas | 33 | 3 | |
| Hooker | John Smit | Sharks | 25 | 25 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Faan Rautenbach | WP | 27 | 11 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 24 | 10 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 26 | 23 | |
| Flank (C) | Corné Krige | WP | 28 | 38 | |
| Flank | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 25 | 3 | |
| Eighthman | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 22 | 9 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 32 | 88 | |
| Flyhalf | Derick Hougaard | Blue Bulls | 20 | 4 | 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Thinus Delport | Falcons | 28 | 17 | |
| Inside Centre | De Wet Barry | WP | 25 | 22 | |
| Outside Centre | Jorrie Muller | Lions | 22 | 5 | |
| Right Wing | Ashwin Willemse | Lions | 22 | 8 | |
| Full Back | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | Blue Bulls | 25 | 8 | |
| Reserve | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 20 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Richard Bands | Blue Bulls | 29 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 20 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Danie Coetzee | Blue Bulls | 26 | 11 | |
| Reserve | Louis Koen | Lions | 28 | 14 | |
| Reserve | Selborne Boome | WP | 28 | 19 | |
| Reserve | Neil de Kock | WP | 24 | 9 |
| New Zealand: 3 tries, 1 conversion, 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |