Teams

New Zealand	South Africa
Tries Kirwan	Tries Straeuli
Cons Howarth	Cons none
Pens Howarth 5	Pens Joubert 3
Team 15 FB Shane Howarth 14 W John Kirwan 13 C Frank Bunce 12 C Alama Ieremia 11 W John Timu 10 FH Stephen Bachop 9 SH Graeme Bachop 1 P Olo Brown 2 H Sean Fitzpatrick (c) 3 P Richard Loe 4 L Mark Cooksley 5 L Ian Jones 6 F Blair Larsen 7 F Mike Brewer 8 N8 Zinzan Brooke     Replacements 16 N8 Arran Pene 17 P Craig Dowd 18 Stu Forster 19 Walter Little 20 Jeff Wilson 21 Norm Hewitt	Team 15 FB Andre Joubert 14 W James Small 13 C Pieter Muller 12 C Brendan Venter 11 W Chester Williams 10 FH Hennie le Roux 9 SH Johan Roux 1 P Balie Swart 2 H John Allan 3 P Johan le Roux 4 L Mark Andrews 5 L Steve Atherton 6 F Tiaan Strauss (c) 7 F Rudolf Straeuli 8 N8 Adriaan Richter     Replacements 16 P Guy Kebble 17 Joost van der Westhuizen 18 Lance Sherrell 19 Jannie Claassens 20 James Dalton 21 Fritz van Heerden

Notes

Result New Zealand won by a margin of 8 points

Ground name Carisbrook, Dunedin

Attendance 41000

Referee BW Stirling (Ireland)

New Zealand Test debuts SP Howarth

South Africa Test debuts RAW Straeuli

Other scores

South Pacific Championship
Tonga	12 - 10	Fiji	Nuku A'lofa