{"id":6265,"date":"2025-09-06T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/6265\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:11:14","slug":"all-blacks-v-springboks-recap-scott-robertsons-side-extend-eden-park-unbeaten-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/6265\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks v Springboks recap: Scott Robertson\u2019s side extend Eden Park unbeaten run"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n It\u2019s world No 1 v No 2, a repeat of the World Cup final, two
\n of the great sporting rivals squaring off once again. It might just be the biggest test for the All Blacks this year.\n <\/p>\n

Scott Robertson\u2019s side look to continue a proud record at Eden Park stretching back to 1994 while also needing to bounce back from a defeat to Argentina. They\u2019ll need to defuse Rassie Erasmus\u2019 bomb squad and end a losing run of four straight against the Boks. The last time they beat the All Blacks in five straight tests? 1949. The last time they won at Eden Park? 1937.<\/p>\n

The Springboks haven\u2019t played at Eden Park since 2013, on that day current captain Siya Kolisi came off the bench for his fifth test and first defeat. South Africa have played in Auckland since however, losing at Go Media Stadium in 2023 (35-20) and North Harbour Stadium (57-0) in 2017 making it 10 straight defeats in the city.<\/p>\n

All Blacks v South Africa line-ups<\/p>\n

All Blacks side:<\/p>\n

1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Fletcher Newell, 4. Scott Barrett (Captain), 5. Tupou Vaa\u2019i, 6. Simon Parker, 7. Ardie Savea (Vice-Captain), 8. Wallace Sititi, 9. Finlay Christie, 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. Jordie Barrett, (Vice-Captain), 13. Billy Proctor, 14. Emoni Narawa, 15. Will Jordan. <\/p>\n

Substitutes: 16. Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, 17. Tamaiti Williams, 18. Tyrel Lomax, 19. Fabian Holland, 20. Du\u2019Plessis Kirifi, 21. Kyle Preston, 22. Quinn Tupaea, 23. Damian McKenzie. <\/p>\n

South Africa side:<\/p>\n

1. Ox Nche, 2. Malcolm Marx, 3. Thomas du Toit, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 5. Ruan Nortje, 6. Marco van Staden, 7. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8. Siya Kolisi, 9. Grant Williams, 10. Handre Pollard, 11. Canan Moodie, 12. Damian de Allende, 13. Jesse Kriel (Captain), 14. Cheslin Kolbe, 15. Willie Le Roux.<\/p>\n

Substitutes: 16. Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17. Boan Venter, 18. Wilco Louw, 19. Lood de Jager, 20. Kwagga Smith, 21. Cobus Reinach, 22. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23. Ethan Hooker.<\/p>\n

All Blacks v South Africa history<\/p>\n

Played \u2013 108<\/p>\n

All Blacks won \u2013 62<\/p>\n

South Africa won \u2013 42<\/p>\n

Draws \u2013 4<\/p>\n

All Blacks points scored \u2013 2235<\/p>\n

South Africa points scored \u2013 1789<\/p>\n

Form guide (past five tests)<\/p>\n

All Blacks: L, W, W, W, W<\/p>\n

South Africa: W, L, W, W, W<\/p>\n

All Blacks v South Africa referee<\/p>\n

Englishman Karl Dickson is in charge of Saturday\u2019s test with Nika Amashukeli and Jordan Way the assistant referees and Brett Cronan the TV match official. It\u2019s the first time Dickson has refereed this fixture. The All Blacks have a 4-0 record in tests with Dickson as referee, while South Africa are 2-1 with their only defeat in Ireland.<\/p>\n

All Blacks v South Africa TAB odds<\/p>\n

All Blacks: $1.55 Draw: $21 South Africa: $2.45<\/p>\n

All Blacks Rugby Championship schedule<\/p>\n

August 16, 9.10am \u2013 All Blacks 41 Argentina 24<\/a>, Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium, Cordoba<\/p>\n

August 23, 9.10am \u2013 All Blacks 23 Argentina 29<\/a>, Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 6, 7.05pm \u2013 All Blacks v South Africa, Eden Park, Auckland<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 13, 7.05pm \u2013 All Blacks v South Africa, Sky Stadium, Wellington<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 27, 5.05pm \u2013 All Blacks v Australia, Eden Park, Auckland<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 4, 10.45pm \u2013 All Blacks v Australia, Perth<\/p>\n

All Blacks v South Africa \u2013 how to follow the action<\/p>\n

For live commentary of All Blacks v South Africa, join Elliott Smith on Newstalk ZB, Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.<\/p>\n

Plus the Alternative Commentary Collective will be providing commentary on their iHeartRadio stream.<\/p>\n

You can watch the game on Sky Sport 1 and it will be livestreaming on Sky Sport Now.<\/p>\n

You can also find live updates at nzherald.co.nz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s world No 1 v No 2, a repeat of the World Cup final, two of the great…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8146,190,5263,4498,8136,8142,8141,109,111,43,139,69,8143,8138,8140,8145,8139,6102,1240,8137,8147,764,165,8144],"class_list":["post-6265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-8146","tag-africa","tag-all","tag-beat","tag-blacks","tag-eden","tag-extend","tag-ground","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-park","tag-recap","tag-robertsons","tag-run","tag-scott","tag-side","tag-south","tag-springboks","tag-streak","tag-tests","tag-their","tag-unbeaten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}