Rugby Championship - Johannesburg, 4 October 2014, 17:05 local, 15:05 GMT
South Africa (21) 27 - 25 (13) New Zealand (FT)

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Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  New Zealand
0 start of first half start of first half
8 0 - 3 Barrett - penalty goal
11 Hougaard - try 5 - 3
12 Pollard - conversion 7 - 3
23 7 - 6 Barrett - penalty goal
26 Pollard - try 12 - 6
27 Pollard - conversion 14 - 6
32 14 - 11 Fekitoa - try
33 14 - 13 Barrett - conversion
39 Pollard - try
Pollard - conversion
21 - 13
40 end of first half end of first half
BJ Franks - sub on
Moody - sub off
40 start of second half start of second half
46 Pollard - penalty goal 24 - 13
48 Messam - sub on
Thrush - sub off
Coles - sub on
Mealamu - sub off
49 Mohoje - sub off
Burger - sub on
52 BW du Plessis - sub off
Strauss - sub on
57 Hendricks - sub off
Pietersen - sub on
Faumuina - sub on
OT Franks - sub off
60 Kaino - sub off
Luatua - sub on
62 Lambie - sub on
Pollard - sub off
Botha - sub on
Etzebeth - sub off
van der Merwe - sub on
JN du Plessis - sub off
65 24 - 18 AL Smith - sub off
Kerr-Barlow - sub on
BR Smith - try
66 Reinach - sub on
Hougaard - sub off
24 - 20 Barrett - conversion
69 24 - 25 Coles - try
72 Nyakane - sub on
Mtawarira - sub off
73 CG Smith - sub off
Crotty - sub on
74 Kerr-Barlow - sub off
Slade - sub on
78 Lambie - penalty goal 27 - 25
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 2 points
Rugby Championship points South Africa 4, New Zealand 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance 61261
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
New Zealand Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa New Zealand
Tries Hougaard (11), Pollard (26, 39) Tries Fekitoa (32), BR Smith (65), Coles (69)
Cons Pollard (12, 27, 39) Cons Barrett (33, 66)
Pens Pollard (46), Lambie (78) Pens Barrett (8, 23)

Match stats

South Africa   New Zealand
3 Tries 3
3 from 3 Conversion goals 2 from 3
2 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 2
83.0% Kick at goal success 80.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
18 Kicks from hand 18
140 Passes 187
123 Runs 127
420 Metres run with ball 516
Attacking
51% (63%/41%) Possession (1H/2H) 49% (37%/59%)
51% (68%/34%) Territory (1H/2H) 49% (32%/66%)
10 Clean breaks 15
19 Defenders beaten 23
10 Offloads 11
76 from 80 (95.0%) Rucks won 68 from 76 (89.5%)
8 from 8 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
105/23 Tackles made/missed 127/19
82.0% Tackling success rate 87.0%
Set pieces
4 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
12 won, 3 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB le Roux 0/0 0 5/16/16 76 1 0 1 2 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
W Hendricks 0/0 0 2/1/4 19 1 1 0 1 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Serfontein 0/1 0 0/6/13 43 1 2 1 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 1/9/8 17 1 0 2 0 6/4 0/0 1 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 0/3/5 44 1 2 0 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Pollard 2/0 19 4/14/6 22 2 6 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hougaard 1/2 5 3/47/8 52 1 2 1 1 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/1/5 19 0 1 1 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
H BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/3/8 19 0 1 1 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 1/0/4 3 0 0 0 2 7/3 1/0 1 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/4/4 4 0 0 0 1 10/0 5/0 1 0/0
F Coetzee 0/0 0 0/1/10 11 0 0 1 1 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Mohoje 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 3/0 0 0/0
N8 Vermeulen 0/0 0 0/2/9 32 0 1 0 2 8/1 3/0 2 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/2/3 7 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Nyakane 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Botha 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Burger 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Reinach 0/0 0 2/17/3 15 1 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Lambie 0/0 3 0/8/2 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Pietersen 0/0 0 0/1/1 17 1 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Dagg 0/0 0 4/10/15 42 0 1 2 2 1/3 1/0 0 0/0
W BR Smith 1/0 5 0/1/6 59 1 1 0 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C CG Smith 0/1 0 0/8/8 51 3 3 0 3 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
C Fekitoa 1/0 5 2/9/15 84 3 3 3 2 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Savea 0/0 0 1/6/14 146 3 6 3 4 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Barrett 0/1 10 7/41/8 20 0 2 1 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH AL Smith 0/0 0 2/47/3 4 0 2 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Moody 0/0 0 0/2/2 5 1 1 0 1 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
P OT Franks 0/0 0 0/1/4 1 0 0 0 2 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
L Thrush 0/0 0 0/6/3 2 0 0 0 0 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/9/4 3 0 0 1 0 9/2 3/2 0 0/0
F Kaino 0/0 0 0/0/3 17 1 2 0 1 9/0 0/0 2 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/9/6 6 0 0 0 0 14/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Read 0/1 0 0/4/6 9 0 0 0 1 11/0 5/0 2 0/0
(H) Coles 1/0 5 0/3/5 24 2 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(P) BJ Franks 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Faumuina 0/0 0 0/2/5 10 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Luatua 0/0 0 0/5/6 13 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/1 0 0/0
(L) Messam 0/0 0 0/3/5 12 1 1 1 0 5/1 3/0 1 0/0
(SH) Kerr-Barlow 0/0 0 2/11/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Slade 0/0 0 0/9/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Crotty 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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