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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 23 September 2007Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 40 points.Half-time 0–20 · Tries 0–6

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6163463667544133Attacks2167Ball won4863253251452319122961125%Own 2243%Own half53%Opp half29%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO11919
NZL896
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO0/00/00
NZL2/22/20
← New Zealand attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
6′New ZealandTry, Richie McCaw, converted0–5
16′New ZealandTry, Doug Howlett0–12
34′New ZealandTry, Byron Kelleher0–20
63′New ZealandTry, Ali Williams0–28
66′New ZealandTry, Daniel Carter, converted0–33
75′New ZealandTry, Doug Howlett0–40
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
6′Richie McCaw16′Doug Howlett34′Byron Kelleher63′Ali Williams66′Daniel Carter75′Doug Howlett
SCO

Team stats

NZL
37%Possession63%
25%Territory75%
63Carries131
204Metres gained807
6Defenders beaten19
65Passes123
3Offloads15
119Tackles made89
19Tackles missed6
55/59Rucks won87/97
7/8Lineouts won11/11
0/1Mauls won3/3
4Turnovers won10
9Penalties conceded6
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0 · NZL conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Alasdair DickinsonProp
  2. 2Scott LawsonHooker
  3. 3Craig SmithProp
  4. 4Scott MacLeodSecond row
  5. 5Scott MurraySecond row
  6. 6Kelly BrownFlanker
  7. 7John BarclayFlanker
  8. 8David CallamNumber 8
  9. 9Chris CusiterScrum-half
  10. 10Chris PatersonFly-half
  11. 11Simon WebsterWing
  12. 12Andrew HendersonCentre
  13. 13Marcus Di RolloCentre
  14. 14Nikki WalkerWing
  15. 15Hugo SouthwellFull-back
  16. 16Fergus ThomsonBench
  17. 17Gavin KerrBench
  18. 18Jim HamiltonBench
  19. 19Allister HoggBench
  20. 20Rory LawsonBench
  21. 21Dan ParksBench
  22. 22Rob DeweyBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Carl HaymanProp
  4. 4Reuben ThorneSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Chris MasoeFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Byron KelleherScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Luke McAlisterCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Neemia TialataBench
  18. 18Chris JackBench
  19. 19Sione LauakiBench
  20. 20Brendon LeonardBench
  21. 21Nick EvansBench
  22. 22Isaia ToeavaBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 1–31 New Zealand, 2 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
New Zealand going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.