TheBreakdown
Full time22 November 1997
England
8–25
New Zealand
Old Trafford, Manchester, England · Tour 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt3–0
  2. –TEngland try · Phil De Glanville8–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens8–2
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens8–4
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens8–7
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens8–10
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson8–15
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Taine Randell8–20
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Jones8–25

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Darren GarforthProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Garath ArcherSecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  8. 8Tony DiproseNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Adedayo AdebayoWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14David ReesWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Austin HealeyBench
  17. 17Paul GraysonBench
  18. 18Neil BackBench
  19. 19Danny GrewcockBench
  20. 20Graham RowntreeBench
  21. 21Andy LongBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Norm HewittHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Robin BrookeSecond row
  5. 5Ian JonesSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Alama IeremiaCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Scott McLeodBench
  17. 17Jon PrestonBench
  18. 18Andrew BlowersBench
  19. 19Charles RiechelmannBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Anton OliverBench

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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.