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– New Zealand have won nine of their past 12 men’s Tests against South Africa ; the All Blacks have won each of their past four matches on South African soil, however, their last two such victories have come by margins of just two points or fewer.– South Africa have won six of their past seven men’s Tests on home soil , conceding 20-plus points in a match just once during that period; three of their past five wins at home have come after leading at half time on the day.
– New Zealand have won just one of theirplast five men’s Tests and suffered defeat in each of theirplast two; the All Blacks have not lost three Tests in a row since a run of five straight defeats between July and August 1998, a sequence which included two defeats by South Africa.
– South Africa made the fewest knock-ons of any tier-one nation during this year’s July Test matches , while no tier-one side made more knock-ons than New Zealand .
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