| South Africa |
| 8 |
| New Zealand |
| 19 |
| 5 July 2008 | ||||||
| WestPac Stadium, Wellington | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 36568 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Gürthro Steenkamp | Blue Bulls | 27 | 15 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 30 | 77 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 27 | 50 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 28 | 48 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 31 | 70 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 25 | 40 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 26 | 45 | |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | Lions | 28 | 47 | |
| Scrumhalf | Enrico Januarie | WP | 26 | 24 | |
| Flyhalf | Butch James | Bath | 29 | 28 | 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 25 | 39 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 27 | 36 | |
| Outside Centre | Adrian Jacobs | Sharks | 27 | 12 | |
| Right Wing | Odwa Ndungane | Sharks | 27 | 1 | |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | WP | 28 | 14 | |
| Reserve | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 24 | 13 | |
| Reserve | Brian Mujati | WP | 23 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Luke Watson | WP | 24 | 4 | |
| Reserve | Andries Bekker | WP | 24 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 21 | 19 | |
| Reserve | Percy Montgomery | WP | 34 | 96 | |
| Reserve | Bolla Conradie | WP | 30 | 17 |
| New Zealand: 1 try, 1 conversion, 4 penalties |
 Team for the Wellington test Back: Conrad Jantjes, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger, Andries Bekker, Juan Smith, Joe van Niekerk, Bismarck du Plessis, Francois Steyn Middle: Bolla Conradie, Brian Mujati, Gürthro Steenkamp, Butch James, Odwa Ndungane, Luke Watson, Bryan Habana, Adrian Jacobs, Ricky Januarie Front: CJ van der Linde, Dick Muir (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Peter de Villiers (coach), John Smit (captain), Andy Marinos, Victor Matfield, Gary Gold (asst coach), Bakkies Botha |