Full time24 November 1979
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1979Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare3–0
- –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare6–0
- –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare9–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Richard Wilson9–3
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Richard Wilson9–6
- –TNew Zealand try · John Fleming9–10
Line-ups
England
- 1Colin SmartProp
- 2Peter WheelerHooker
- 3Fran CottonProp
- 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
- 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
- 6Tony NearyFlanker
- 7Mike RafterFlanker
- 8John ScottNumber 8
- 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
- 10Les CusworthFly-half
- 11Mike SlemenWing
- 12Nick PrestonCentre
- 13Tony BondCentre
- 14John CarletonWing
- 15Dusty HareFull-back
- 16IJ MetcalfeBench
- 17Clive WoodwardBench
- 18IG PeckBench
- 19Steve MillsBench
- 20CM McGregorBench
- 21Roger UttleyBench
New Zealand
- 1Brad JohnstoneProp
- 2Peter SloaneHooker
- 3John SpiersProp
- 4Andy HadenSecond row
- 5John FlemingSecond row
- 6Ken StewartFlanker
- 7Graham MourieFlanker
- 8Murray MextedNumber 8
- 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
- 10Murray TaylorFly-half
- 11Bernie FraserWing
- 12Gary CunninghamCentre
- 13Stu WilsonCentre
- 14Brian FordWing
- 15Richard WilsonFull-back
- 16Andy DaltonBench
- 17Rod KetelsBench
- 18Mike BurgoyneBench
- 19Mark DonaldsonBench
- 20Alan HewsonBench
- 21Eddie DunnBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 25 November 1978, England 6–16 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 19 November 1983
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.