TheBreakdown
Full time19 November 1983
England
15–9
New Zealand
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1983Head-to-head

England won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Maurice Colclough15–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Robbie Deans15–2
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Robbie Deans15–5
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Murray Davie15–9

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Colin WhiteProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Paul SimpsonFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Nick YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10Les CusworthFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Nicholas StringerBench
  17. 17Huw DaviesBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Phil BlakewayBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21David CookeBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brian McGrattanProp
  2. 2Hika ReidHooker
  3. 3Scott CrichtonProp
  4. 4Garry BraidSecond row
  5. 5Albert AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Andy DonaldScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne SmithFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Craig GreenCentre
  13. 13Steve PokereCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Robbie DeansFull-back
  16. 16Kieran CrowleyBench
  17. 17Bruce SmithBench
  18. 18David KirkBench
  19. 19Geoff OldBench
  20. 20Murray DavieBench
  21. 21Brett WilsonBench

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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.