The All Blacks have beaten the Springboks 33-16 in the opening test in Johannesburg, scoring five tries to one at Ellis Park.
The Springboks were the first to score, kicking a penalty goal in the fifth minute to take a 3-0 lead early on.
It would be the All Blacks though that scored the first try with wing Will Jordan diving over in the right corner after a lineout drive to put the tourists ahead 5-3.
First five Ruben Love missed the sideline conversion.
Will Jordan scores a try.
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South Africa, buoyed by a vocal Ellis Park crowd, struck back soon after with replacement forward Andre Esterhuizen, who came on early with a Springboks player going for an HIA, barging over close to the posts.
The try was converted to put the Springboks ahead 10-5.
The tit for tat nature of the test continued with the All Blacks wing Josh Moorby dotting down for a try after a break from blindside flanker Tupou Vaa’i down the left edge.
Love nailed the conversion this time to put New Zealand ahead 12-10 midway through the first half.
Ruben Love kicks for goal.
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The All Blacks advantage on the scoreboard lasted just a couple of minutes as South Africa kicked another penalty to retake the lead 13-12.
The All Blacks were then forced into two substitutions after prop Ethan de Groot and lock Josh Lord clashed heads while trying to make a tackle.
Both left the field for HIA’s and neither returned, replaced by prop George Bower and loose forward Simon Parker, with Vaa’i switching to lock.
The score would remain unchanged at halftime with the hosts ahead 13-12 and they were the first to score in the second half, kicking another penalty to go up 16-13.
The All Blacks scored next against the run of play with lock Fabian Holland charging down a Springboks clearing kick inside their 22 before beating the final defender to dive over for a try.
Love kicked the extras to put the All Blacks ahead 19-16 early in the second half.
The All Blacks almost scored again after a break from fullback Damian McKenzie but halfback Cam Roigard couldn’t dive on the ball over the tryline after a Springboks player knocked McKenzie’s attempted pass to Roigard backwards.
Damian McKenzie makes a run.
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Momentum began to swing the All Blacks way and they didn’t have to wait long for their fourth try of the game with openside Luke Jacobson barging over from close range after some nice continuity from the visitors.
Love added the extras to extend the All Blacks lead to 26-16 with 20 minutes remaining.
The Springboks then had two players yellow carded, one for a professional foul with the All Blacks a metre out from the South African tryline and hot on attack, meaning they hosts would be down to 13 men for the final ten minutes of the match.
The All Blacks made the most of having extra men with wing Jordan bagging his second try of the test and the All Blacks fifth, going over untouched in the right hand corner.
Follow how the game unfolded below:
All Blacks: 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Josh Lord, 5. Fabian Holland, 6. Tupou Vaa’i, 7. Luke Jacobson, 8. Ardie Savea – Captain, 9. Cam Roigard, 10. Ruben Love, 11. Josh Moorby, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Quinn Tupaea, 14. Will Jordan, 15. Damian McKenzie
Replacements: 16. Asafo Aumua, 17. George Bower, 18. Fletcher Newell, 19. Anton Segner, 20. Peter Lakai, 21. Kyle Preston, 22. Anton Lienert-Brown, 23. Leroy Carter
Springboks: Ox Nche, 2. Malcolm Marx, 3. Wilco Louw, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 5. Ruan Nortje, 6. Paul de Villiers, 7. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8. Jasper Wiese, 9. Grant Williams, 10. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11. Kurt-Lee Arendse, 12. Damian de Allende, 13. Jesse Kriel, 14. Cheslin Kolbe, 15. Damian Willemse
Replacements: 16. Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17. Gerhard Steenekamp, 18. Zachary Porthen, 19. Cobus Wiese, 20. Andre Esterhuizen, 21. Marco van Staden, 22. Cobus Reinach, 23. Manie Libbok