TheBreakdown
Full time6 December 1997
England
26–26
New Zealand
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1997Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson11–0
  5. –TEngland try · David Rees16–0
  6. –TEngland try · Richard Hill21–0
  7. –TEngland try · Lawrence Dallaglio26–0
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens26–2
  9. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens26–4
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens26–7
  11. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens26–10
  12. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens26–13
  13. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens26–16
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Walter Little26–21
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Andrew Mehrtens26–26

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Garath ArcherSecond row
  5. 5Martin JohnsonSecond row
  6. 6Neil BackFlanker
  7. 7Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Austin HealeyWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14David ReesWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Tim StimpsonBench
  17. 17Matt DawsonBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Chris SheasbyBench
  20. 20Kevin YatesBench
  21. 21Mark ReganBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Mark AllenProp
  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. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Scott McLeodBench
  17. 17Carlos SpencerBench
  18. 18Jon PrestonBench
  19. 19Charles RiechelmannBench
  20. 20Con BarrellBench
  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.