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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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
MinTeamWhatScore
4′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu, conversion missed0–5
6′New ZealandTry, Josh Kronfeld, converted0–10
26′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu, converted0–23
43′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu, conversion missed3–30
52′New ZealandTry, Graeme Bachop, conversion missed3–35
59′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood, converted8–35
68′EnglandTry, Will Carling, conversion missed15–35
70′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu, converted15–40
73′EnglandTry, Will Carling, converted20–42
80′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood, converted27–45
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

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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
4′Jonah Lomu6′Josh Kronfeld26′Jonah Lomu43′Jonah Lomu52′Graeme Bachop59′Rory Underwood68′Will Carling70′Jonah Lomu73′Will Carling80′Rory Underwood
ENG

Team stats

NZL
40%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.

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

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Mike BrewerFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Glen OsborneFull-back
  16. 16Blair LarsenBench
  17. 17Marc EllisBench
  18. 18Simon CulhaneBench
  19. 19Ant StrachanBench
  20. 20Norm HewittBench
  21. 21Richard LoeBench

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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

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.