Cape Town is the next stop on the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour as South Africa and New Zealand prepare for Saturday’s second test with the All Blacks leading the series 1-0.
South Africa vs New Zealand, Cape Town, Kick Off 16:10, Saturday 29th August
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (RFU), Angus Gardner (RA)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
Weather Forecast – Cape Town
South Africa:
The first test took place in Johannesburg last week and although South Africa were 7.5 point favourites it was the All Blacks who drew first blood in this 4 match series with a 33-16 victory.
Suth Africa managed just the one try through Esterhuizen which was converted by Kolbe who also landed 3 penalties. There was only 1 point in it at half time with the Boks edging it but they eventually paid the price for missed opportunities with the All Blacks going on to score 5 tries in total. The only two cards of the game were both yellow and came late on for Springboks Marco van Staden and Cobus Reinach. The total points line opened at 58.5 and settled at 56.5 and this was one for the “unders” backers.
After this the third test takes place in Soweto and the final contest will be staged in Baltimore in the USA. In terms of the betting to win the series Hollywoodbets now have South Africa at 17/10 (from 7/20), a tie is 16/10 (from 33/10) and New Zealand are 2/1 (from 15/2).
New Zealand:
Jordan (2), Moorby, Holland and Jacobson were the All Blacks try scorers in the first test with Love landing 4 conversions. The lead changed hands a few times during the game but it was the All Blacks who were more clinical and they were 10 points to the good before the Boks picked up two yellows in the 70th minute. Jordan’s second try moments later put the issue beyond doubt.
New Zealand had to dig deep for a 41-35 win over the Lions at Ellis Park on Tuesday night, the last of their provincial matches on this tour. Earlier matches against club sides saw the AB’s battle to see off the Stormers in Cape Town before wide margin wins over the Sharks and the Bulls.
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Results & Fixtures
Friday 7th August, Stormers 21-38 New Zealand (Cape Town Stadium)
Tuesday 11th August, Sharks 0-54 New Zealand (Kings Park, Durban)
Saturday 15th August, Bulls 19-50 New Zealand (Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria)
Saturday 22nd August, 1st test: South Africa 16-33 New Zealand (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)
Tuesday 25th August, Lions 35-41 New Zealand (Ellis Park, Johannesburg)
Saturday, 29th August, 2nd test: South Africa v New Zealand (Cape Town Stadium)
Saturday, 5th September, 3rd test: South Africa v New Zealand (FNB Stadium, Soweto)
Saturday, 12th September, 4th test: South Africa v New Zealand (Baltimore, USA)
Head to Head Results
Aug 2026 RGR Johannesburg South Africa 16-33 New Zealand
Sep 2025 RC Wellington New Zealand 10-43 South Africa
Sep 2025 RC Auckland New Zealand 24-17 South Africa
Sep 2024 RC Cape Town South Africa 18-12 New Zealand
Aug 2024 RC Johannesburg South Africa 31-27 New Zealand
Oct 2023 RWC Paris New Zealand 11-12 South Africa
Team News
South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain), 6 Siya Kolisi/Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Andre Esterhuizen, 21 Cameron Hanekom, 22 Morne van den Berg, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
New Zealand: tbc
The Betting
Average early show, subject to change
South Africa -7.5 points at 9/10
New Zealand +7.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
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Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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