Full time1 November 2008
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China · Bledisloe Cup 2008Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 5 points.
Scoring
- 8’TAustralia try · Drew Mitchell5–0
- 9’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau7–0
- 14’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter7–3
- 25’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter7–6
- 27’TAustralia try · Drew Mitchell12–6
- 28’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau14–6
- 33’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter14–9
- 43’TNew Zealand try · Sitiveni Sivivatu14–14
- 63’TNew Zealand try · Richie McCaw14–19
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Benn RobinsonProp
- 2Stephen MooreHooker
- 3Al BaxterProp
- 4Mark ChisholmSecond row
- 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
- 6Dean MummFlanker
- 7George SmithFlanker
- 8Richard BrownNumber 8
- 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
- 10Matt GiteauFly-half
- 11Drew MitchellWing
- 12Stirling MortlockCentre
- 13Ryan CrossCentre
- 14Peter HynesWing
- 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
- 16Adam FreierBench
- 17Matt DunningBench
- 18Phil WaughBench
- 19David PocockBench
- 20Sam CordingleyBench
- 21Berrick BarnesBench
- 22Lachie TurnerBench
New Zealand
- 1Tony WoodcockProp
- 2Andrew HoreHooker
- 3Neemia TialataProp
- 4Brad ThornSecond row
- 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
- 6Jerome KainoFlanker
- 7Richie McCawFlanker
- 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
- 9Jimmy CowanScrum-half
- 10Stephen DonaldFly-half
- 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
- 12Daniel CarterCentre
- 13Conrad SmithCentre
- 14Hosea GearWing
- 15Isaia ToeavaFull-back
- 16Keven MealamuBench
- 17Greg SomervilleBench
- 18Anthony BoricBench
- 19Adam ThomsonBench
- 20Piri WeepuBench
- 21Ma'a NonuBench
- 22Cory JaneBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 13 September 2008, Australia 24–28 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 18 July 2009
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.