| South Africa |
| 0 |
| New Zealand |
| 19 |
| 16 August 2008 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Victor Matfield | Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Peter de Villiers | Attendance: 49653 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 23 | 4 | |
| Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 24 | 16 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 27 | 54 | |
| Lock | Andries Bekker | WP | 24 | 7 | |
| Lock (C) | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 31 | 74 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 25 | 43 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 27 | 49 | |
| Eighthman | Pierre Spies | Blue Bulls | 23 | 13 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 26 | 39 | |
| Flyhalf | Butch James | Bath | 29 | 32 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 25 | 42 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 27 | 40 | |
| Outside Centre | Adrian Jacobs | Sharks | 28 | 15 | |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 22 | 19 | |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | WP | 34 | 99 | |
| Reserve | Conrad Jantjes | WP | 28 | 18 | |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 21 | 22 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | WP | 26 | 28 | |
| Reserve | Luke Watson | WP | 24 | 7 | |
| Reserve | Adriaan Strauss | Cheetahs | 22 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 30 | 32 | |
| Reserve | Brian Mujati | WP | 23 | 6 |
| New Zealand: 3 tries, 2 conversions |
 Team for the Newlands test Back: Conrad Jantjes, Jean de Villiers, JP Pietersen, Danie Rossouw, Andries Bekker, Pierre Spies, Francois Steyn, Bismarck du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss Middle: Adrian Jacobs, Tendai Mtawarira, Luke Watson, Butch James, Brian Mujati, Fourie du Preez, Enrico Januarie Front: Schalk Burger, Dick Muir (asst coach), Percy Montgomery (100th test), Peter de Villiers (coach), Victor Matfield (captain), Andy Marinos, CJ van der Linde, Gary Gold (asst coach), Bryan Habana Absent: Juan Smith |