Tour 1981 · TheBreakdown

Standings

Standings
#	Team	P	W	D	L	PF–PA	Pts
1	New Zealand	8	7	0	1	147–95	14
2	South Africa	6	4	0	2	128–83	8
3	Australia	6	3	0	3	96–98	6
4	England	3	2	1	0	46–36	5
5	Scotland	4	2	0	2	55–72	4
6	Wales	1	1	0	0	18–13	2
7	Argentina	2	0	1	1	25–31	1
8	Ireland	3	0	0	3	37–51	0
9	Romania	2	0	0	2	12–26	0
10	France	4	0	0	4	44–72	0
11	USA	1	0	0	1	7–38	0

Computed from the results: two points for a win, one for a draw. Bonus points are not in the data, so this can differ from the official table.

With bonus points

Standings with bonus points
#	Team	P	W	D	L	TB	LB	Pts
1	New Zealand	8	7	0	1	1	0	29
2	South Africa	6	4	0	2	1	2	19
3	Australia	6	3	0	3	0	2	14
4	England	3	2	1	0	0	0	10
5	Scotland	4	2	0	2	0	1	9
6	Wales	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
7	Argentina	2	0	1	1	0	1	3
8	Ireland	3	0	0	3	0	2	2
9	France	4	0	0	4	0	2	2
10	Romania	2	0	0	2	0	1	1
11	USA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0

Derived from the scoring record: 4 for a win, 2 for a draw, a try bonus (TB) for four or more tries and a losing bonus (LB) for a loss by seven or fewer. Not every competition uses bonus points, and extras such as a Grand Slam bonus are not included, so this can differ from the official table.

Results

30 May 1981Argentina v England19–19
30 May 1981South Africa v Ireland23–15
6 June 1981Argentina v England6–12
6 June 1981South Africa v Ireland12–10
13 June 1981New Zealand v Scotland11–4
20 June 1981New Zealand v Scotland40–15
5 July 1981Australia v France17–15
11 July 1981Australia v France24–14
15 Aug 1981New Zealand v South Africa14–9
29 Aug 1981New Zealand v South Africa12–24
12 Sept 1981New Zealand v South Africa25–22
25 Sept 1981USA v South Africa7–38
26 Sept 1981Scotland v Romania12–6
24 Oct 1981Romania v New Zealand6–14
14 Nov 1981France v New Zealand9–13
21 Nov 1981Ireland v Australia12–16
21 Nov 1981France v New Zealand6–18
5 Dec 1981Wales v Australia18–13
19 Dec 1981Scotland v Australia24–15
2 Jan 1982England v Australia15–11