TheBreakdown
Full time25 November 1978
England
6–16
New Zealand
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1978Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare3–0
  2. –DEngland drop goal · Dusty Hare6–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brian McKechnie6–2
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie6–5
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie6–8
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Frank Oliver6–12
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Brad Johnstone6–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Robin CowlingProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Barry NelmesProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5John ScottSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8Roger UttleyNumber 8
  9. 9Malcolm YoungScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Tony BondCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Peter WarfieldBench
  17. 17Nellie BennettBench
  18. 18CJ GiffordBench
  19. 19Steve MillsBench
  20. 20Andy CutterBench
  21. 21Tony NearyBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Gary SeearNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Bill OsborneCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Brian McKechnieFull-back
  16. 16Johnny BlackBench
  17. 17John FlemingBench
  18. 18Bill BushBench
  19. 19Dave LoveridgeBench
  20. 20Mark TaylorBench
  21. 21Eddie DunnBench

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Context

All-time, England 9–37 New Zealand, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.