South Africa 21 New Zealand 20

So, finally, it turns out that New Zealand are fallible after all.  It took a late Andre Pretorius penalty, but South Africa finally ran out winners by a single point.  The win is as much testament to South Africa's tenacity as anything else - a late Joe Rokocoko try seemed set to deny them the victory, but having come so close, the Springboks refused to let their heads drop.  Pressure was applied, a penalty was conceded, and Pretorius stepped up to knock it over.

Even then the job wasn't quite done.  New Zealand came back at them, and attacked through the centre.  The attack ground to a halt when, of all people, Richie McCaw knocked the ball on in contact.  After a scrum, disrupted by a psyched-up New Zealand, South Africa forced the ball dead and ref Chris Whyte blew for full-time.  Tries were scored by Habana and Wannenberg for the Boks, and by Carter and Rokocoko for the All Blacks.  For South Africa, the next step is to try and gain a measure of revenge for their two recent defeats to Australia.  For New Zealand, the consecutive wins counter returns to zero, and they have to start making history all over again.