31 August 2024
Ellispark, Johannesburg
The Rugby Championship Match
South Africa
31
New Zealand
27
Captain: Siya Kolisi Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Coach: Rassie Erasmus Attendance: 62,000
Team - Combined caps: 632 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Ox Nche Sharks 2933 
Hooker Bongi Mbonambi Sharks 33721 try
Tight-head Prop Frans Malherbe WP 3373 
Lock Pieter-Steph du Toit Verblitz 3281 
Lock Ruan Nortjé Blue Bulls 262 
Flank (C) Siya Kolisi Racing 3386 
Flank Ben-Jason Dixon WP 263 
Eighthman Jasper Wiese D-Rocks 2827 
Scrumhalf Cobus Reinach Montpellier 3434 
Flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu WP 2262 conversions, 4 penalties
Left Wing Kurt-Lee Arendse Blue Bulls 2819 
Inside Centre Damian de Allende Wild Knights 3282 
Outside Centre Jesse Kriel Canon 3073 
Right Wing Cheslin Kolbe Suntory 3035 
Full Back Aphelele Fassi Sharks 266 
Reserve Eben Etzebeth Sharks 32124 
Reserve Malcolm Marx Spears 3069 
Reserve Vincent Koch Sharks 3454 
Reserve Gerhard Steenekamp Blue Bulls 274 
Reserve Handré Pollard Leicester 3073 
Reserve Kwagga Smith Blue Revs 31451 try
Reserve Grant Williams Sharks 28131 try
Reserve Elrigh Louw Blue Bulls 246 
New Zealand: 4 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty
Match pictures:
Cobus ReinachJasper WieseKwagga SmithMalcolm MarxElrigh LouwBen-Jason DixonRuan NortjéGerhard SteenekampVincent KochAphelele FassiSacha Feinberg-MngomezuluOx NcheKurt-Lee ArendseGrant WilliamsCheslin KolbeBongi MbonambiPieter-Steph du ToitEben EtzebethSiya KolisiRassie ErasmusDamian de AllendeFrans MalherbeJesse KrielHandré Pollard
Team for the Ellispark test:
Back: Jasper Wiese, Malcolm Marx, Elrigh Louw, Ben-Jason Dixon, Ruan Nortjé, Gerhard Steenekamp, Vincent Koch
Middle: Cobus Reinach, Kwagga Smith, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Aphelele Fassi, Ox Nche, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Grant Williams, Cheslin Kolbe
Front: Bongi Mbonambi, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi (captain), Dr Johan Erasmus (coach), Damian de Allende, Frans Malherbe, Jesse Kriel, Handré Pollard