| South Africa |
| 27 |
| New Zealand |
| 31 |
| 27 August 2005 | ||||||
| Carisbrook, Dunedin | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Joël Jutge (France) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 29500 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 32 | 57 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 27 | 47 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 24 | 20 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 25 | 27 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 28 | 41 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 22 | 21 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 24 | 17 | |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | WP | 25 | 39 | |
| Scrumhalf | Enrico Januarie | Lions | 23 | 7 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | André Pretorius | Lions | 26 | 16 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 22 | 11 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | De Wet Barry | WP | 27 | 35 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 22 | 15 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Jean de Villiers | WP | 24 | 16 | |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 31 | 69 | 3 conversions, 2 penalties |
| Reserve | Jacques Cronjé | Blue Bulls | 23 | 16 | |
| Reserve | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | NEC | 27 | 27 | |
| Reserve | Eddie Andrews | WP | 28 | 13 |
| New Zealand: 4 tries, 4 conversions, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Carisbrook test Back: Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger, Albert van den Berg, Bakkies Botha, Juan Smith, Jacques Cronjé, CJ van der Linde Middle: Enrico Januarie, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, De Wet Barry, Marius Joubert, Eddie Andrews, Fourie du Preez, Bryan Habana, André Pretorius, Hanyani Shimange Front: Joe van Niekerk, Allister Coetzee (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Jake White (coach), John Smit (captain), Arthob Petersen (manager), Os du Randt, Gert Smal (asst coach), Victor Matfield |