TheBreakdown
Full time26 July 2008
Australia
34–19
New Zealand
ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–0
  2. 11’TAustralia try · Ryan Cross8–0
  3. 12’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau10–0
  4. 25’TNew Zealand try · Mils Muliaina10–5
  5. 32’TAustralia try · Peter Hynes15–5
  6. 33’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau17–5
  7. 40’TNew Zealand try · Andrew Hore17–10
  8. 41’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter17–12
  9. 46’TNew Zealand try · Andy Ellis17–17
  10. 47’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter17–19
  11. 56’TAustralia try · Rocky Elsom22–19
  12. 57’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau24–19
  13. 68’DAustralia drop goal · Matt Giteau27–19
  14. 75’TAustralia try · James Horwill32–19
  15. 76’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau34–19

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Ryan CrossCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19Phil WaughBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Timana TahuBench
  22. 22Drew MitchellBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Rodney So'oialoFlanker
  7. 7Daniel BraidFlanker
  8. 8Jerome KainoNumber 8
  9. 9Andy EllisScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Richard KahuiCentre
  14. 14Anthony TuitavakeWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17John AfoaBench
  18. 18Anthony BoricBench
  19. 19Sione LauakiBench
  20. 20Jimmy CowanBench
  21. 21Stephen DonaldBench
  22. 22Conrad SmithBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 51–147 New Zealand, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.