South Africa V New Zealand on 2026/08/29

South Africa V New Zealand on 2026/08/29, 33.0 to 26.0

Club Level Predictions

Now that the game has been played, lets see how the club predictions did. I predicted South Africa to win by 9.63, and South Africa won by 7.0. That’s an absolute error of 2.6 for the margin of victory, while my average absolute error has been 14.8 over the past six months. This prediction was more accurate than 86.4% of my recent predictions.

For the Over/Under model, I predicted a total of 49.5 and we have an actual total of 59.0. That’s an absolute error of 9.5 compared to a six month average of 14.2. This prediction was more accurate than 57.0% of my recent predictions.

Projected Performances - Club Model

Projected Spreads - Club Model

Projected Results - Club Model

Player Level Predictions

With the player model, I predicted South Africa to win by 9.53, and South Africa won by 7.0. That’s an absolute error of 2.5 for the margin of victory, while the average error as been 15.1 for the past six months. So this prediction was more accurate than 76.6% of my recent predictions.