New Zealand v South Africa
Set a scoreline and see where it sits among the 5,000 simulated runs behind this fixture. Ratings as at 2026-08-23.
New ZealandSouth AfricaThe steppers skip 1, 2 and 4. Points come in fives, threes and twos with a conversion needing a try in front of it, so no match has ever finished on any of them.
11.0% of runs finished in this bin — New Zealand by 3 to 7.
48 points is around the 55th percentile of the total — the middle run scored 46.
Those two figures are separate readings and are not multiplied together. The simulation draws the gap and the amount of scoring independently, so one bar of the histogram covers many scorelines and the payload holds nothing about which of them came up with which gap.
Your pick agrees with the model on the winner. Nothing here scores that. The model’s gap is an average over both winners and yours is one afternoon, so the two are different kinds of number rather than one being right. How the model works.
Why New Zealand are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours New Zealand, negative favours South Africa.
New Zealand 2045, South Africa 2036 — 9 points, favouring New Zealand
New Zealand are at home
Recent results, head-to-head record and rest days, as the XGBoost heads weigh them. Deliberately capped, so it can nudge the rating but never overrule it.
South Africa are scheduled to host New Zealand, not the other way round. The ground, the kick-off forecast and the named XVs belong to that fixture, so they are not attached here. Build that one instead.
111 meetings — New Zealand 64, South Africa 43, 4 drawn. Last 2026: South Africa 16–33 New Zealand.
None of this reaches the model. Weather is not a feature, team selection is not a feature and the record is already inside both ratings, so the probability above does not move because any of it changed.
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