TheBreakdown
Full time2 August 2008
New Zealand
39–10
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 2008Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 29 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–3
  2. 8’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter3–3
  3. 15’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter6–3
  4. 22’TNew Zealand try · Tony Woodcock11–3
  5. 23’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter13–3
  6. 25’TNew Zealand try · Tony Woodcock18–3
  7. 33’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper18–8
  8. 34’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau18–10
  9. 40’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter21–10
  10. 45’TNew Zealand try · Ma'a Nonu26–10
  11. 46’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter28–10
  12. 59’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter31–10
  13. 67’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter34–10
  14. 84’TNew Zealand try · Ma'a Nonu39–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Jimmy CowanScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Richard KahuiWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17John AfoaBench
  18. 18Anthony BoricBench
  19. 19Adam ThomsonBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Stephen DonaldBench
  22. 22Anthony TuitavakeBench

Australia

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

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
Australia 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.