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: 62000

Team:
Combined caps: 632 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Ox Nche	Sharks	29	33
Hooker	Bongi Mbonambi	Sharks	33	72	1 try
Tight-head Prop	Frans Malherbe	WP	33	73
Lock	Pieter-Steph du Toit	Verblitz	32	81
Lock	Ruan Nortjé	Blue Bulls	26	2
Flank (C)	Siya Kolisi	Racing	33	86
Flank	Ben-Jason Dixon	WP	26	3
Eighthman	Jasper Wiese	D-Rocks	28	27
Scrumhalf	Cobus Reinach	Montpellier	34	34
Flyhalf	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	WP	22	6	2 conversions, 4 penalties
Left Wing	Kurt-Lee Arendse	Blue Bulls	28	19
Inside Centre	Damian de Allende	Wild Knights	32	82
Outside Centre	Jesse Kriel	Canon	30	73
Right Wing	Cheslin Kolbe	Suntory	30	35
Full Back	Aphelele Fassi	Sharks	26	6
Reserve	Eben Etzebeth	Sharks	32	124
Reserve	Malcolm Marx	Spears	30	69
Reserve	Vincent Koch	Sharks	34	54
Reserve	Gerhard Steenekamp	Blue Bulls	27	4
Reserve	Handré Pollard	Leicester	30	73
Reserve	Kwagga Smith	Yamaha	31	45	1 try
Reserve	Grant Williams	Sharks	28	13	1 try
Reserve	Elrigh Louw	Blue Bulls	24	6

New Zealand: 4 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty

Match pictures:

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