
The All Blacks first toured South Africa in 1928, and again the Test series finished level. The Springboks won the first Test 17–0 to inflict the All Blacks' heaviest defeat since 1893. The All Blacks rebounded to win the second Test 7–6. After a Springbok win in the third Test, the All Blacks won 13–5 to draw the series.
Springboks - Home squad
- Gerry Brand
- George Murray Daneel
- Hermanus Paul Kruger De Jongh
- Pierre Du Plessis De Villiers
- David Devine
- John Alfred Robert Dobie
- Andries Francois Du Toit
- Bernard Andrew Addingbrooke Duffy
- Theunis Lodewicus Krüger
- Boy Louw
- Pieter Krige Morkel
- Phillipus Jacobus Mostert
- Philip Jacobus Nel
- John Francis Oliver
- Sharkey Osler
- Bennie Osler
- Hendrik Josephus Potgieter
- Nicolaas Francois Pretorius
- Joachim Petrus Prinsloo
- Willem Petrus Rousseau
- John Thornhill Slater
- John Cristopher Tindall
- Neville Spencer Tod
- Jacob Cloete Van der Westhuizen
- Nicolaas Jan Valkenburg Van Druten
- Jasper Albertus Van Niekerk
- SP van Wyk