Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Newlands Stadium, Cape Town · 18 June 1995Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 16 points.Half-time 3–25 · Tries 4–6
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Tacklesmademissed
ENG3216
NZL8819
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG3/41/30
NZL3/61/22
← New Zealand attack · England attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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- Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
- Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
| Min | Team | What | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4′ | New Zealand | Try, Jonah Lomu, conversion missed | 0–5 |
| 6′ | New Zealand | Try, Josh Kronfeld, converted | 0–10 |
| 26′ | New Zealand | Try, Jonah Lomu, converted | 0–23 |
| 43′ | New Zealand | Try, Jonah Lomu, conversion missed | 3–30 |
| 52′ | New Zealand | Try, Graeme Bachop, conversion missed | 3–35 |
| 59′ | England | Try, Rory Underwood, converted | 8–35 |
| 68′ | England | Try, Will Carling, conversion missed | 15–35 |
| 70′ | New Zealand | Try, Jonah Lomu, converted | 15–40 |
| 73′ | England | Try, Will Carling, converted | 20–42 |
| 80′ | England | Try, Rory Underwood, converted | 27–45 |
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.
Score progression
Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.4′Jonah Lomu6′Josh Kronfeld26′Jonah Lomu43′Jonah Lomu52′Graeme Bachop59′Rory Underwood68′Will Carling70′Jonah Lomu73′Will Carling80′Rory Underwood
ENG
Team stats
NZL40%Possession60%
96Carries49
480Metres gained441
10Clean breaks17
19Defenders beaten16
124Passes72
10Offloads7
32Tackles made88
16Tackles missed19
44/48Rucks won20/24
10/14Lineouts won6/10
12/12Scrums won11/11
10/10Mauls won2/2
5Penalties conceded17
30Kicks from hand44
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 3/4, penalties 1/3 · NZL conversions 3/6, penalties 1/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.
ENG conversions 3/4, penalties 1/3 · NZL conversions 3/6, penalties 1/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.
Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.
Line-ups
England
- 1Jason LeonardProp
- 2Brian MooreHooker
- 3Victor UboguProp
- 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
- 5Martin BayfieldSecond row
- 6Tim RodberFlanker
- 7Ben ClarkeFlanker
- 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
- 9Dewi MorrisScrum-half
- 10Rob AndrewFly-half
- 11Rory UnderwoodWing
- 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
- 13Will CarlingCentre
- 14Tony UnderwoodWing
- 15Mike CattFull-back
- 16Jon CallardBench
- 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
- 18Kyran BrackenBench
- 19Steve OjomohBench
- 20Graham RowntreeBench
- 21Graham DaweBench
New Zealand
- 1Craig DowdProp
- 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
- 3Olo BrownProp
- 4Ian JonesSecond row
- 5Robin BrookeSecond row
- 6Mike BrewerFlanker
- 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
- 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
- 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
- 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
- 11Jonah LomuWing
- 12Walter LittleCentre
- 13Frank BunceCentre
- 14Jeff WilsonWing
- 15Glen OsborneFull-back
- 16Blair LarsenBench
- 17Marc EllisBench
- 18Simon CulhaneBench
- 19Ant StrachanBench
- 20Norm HewittBench
- 21Richard LoeBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 27 November 1993, England 15–9 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 22 November 1997
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.