TheBreakdown
Full time8 June 1985
New Zealand
42–15
England
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1985Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Kieran Crowley2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Kieran Crowley4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Kieran Crowley6–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley9–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley12–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley15–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan19–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Craig Green23–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Craig Green27–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Murray Mexted31–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Jock Hobbs35–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Mark Shaw39–0
  13. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Wayne Smith42–0
  14. –CEngland conversion · Stuart Barnes42–2
  15. –CEngland conversion · Stuart Barnes42–4
  16. –TEngland try · Mike Harrison42–8
  17. –TEngland try · John Hall42–12
  18. –DEngland drop goal · Stuart Barnes42–15

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne SmithFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Steve PokereCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Kieran CrowleyFull-back
  16. 16Alan HewsonBench
  17. 17Grant FoxBench
  18. 18Dave LoveridgeBench
  19. 19Alan WhettonBench
  20. 20Steve McDowallBench
  21. 21Hika ReidBench

England

  1. 1Robert HuntsmanProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  8. 8Mike TeagueNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Stuart BarnesFly-half
  11. 11Mike HarrisonWing
  12. 12Jamie SalmonCentre
  13. 13Paul DodgeCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Huw DaviesFull-back
  16. 16Chris MartinBench
  17. 17Bryan BarleyBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Gary ReesBench
  20. 20Wade DooleyBench
  21. 21Andrew SimpsonBench

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
England 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.