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Full time27 June 1998
New Zealand
40–10
England
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1998Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 30 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens2–0
  2. 6’TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson7–0
  3. 18’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens9–0
  4. 18’TNew Zealand try · Mark Mayerhofler14–0
  5. 28’CEngland conversion · Matt Dawson14–2
  6. 28’TEngland try · Matt Dawson14–7
  7. 50’PEngland penalty · Matt Dawson14–10
  8. 58’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer16–10
  9. 58’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer18–10
  10. 58’TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson23–10
  11. 58’TNew Zealand try · Joeli Vidiri28–10
  12. 72’TNew Zealand try · Isitolo Maka33–10
  13. 79’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer35–10
  14. 79’TNew Zealand try · Taine Randell40–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Todd BlackadderFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Ofisa Tonu'uScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Mark MayerhoflerCentre
  13. 13Caleb RalphCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Joeli VidiriBench
  17. 17Carlos SpencerBench
  18. 18Mark RobinsonBench
  19. 19Isitolo MakaBench
  20. 20Mark CarterBench
  21. 21Carl HoeftBench
  22. 22Norm HewittBench

England

  1. 1Phil VickeryProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Graham RowntreeProp
  4. 4Dave SimsSecond row
  5. 5Rob FidlerSecond row
  6. 6Pat SandersonFlanker
  7. 7Ben ClarkeFlanker
  8. 8Tony DiproseNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Josh LewseyFly-half
  11. 11Tom BeimWing
  12. 12Nick BealCentre
  13. 13Jos BaxendaleCentre
  14. 14Austin HealeyWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Tim StimpsonBench
  17. 17Steve RavenscroftBench
  18. 18Scott BentonBench
  19. 19Steve OjomohBench
  20. 20Ben SturnhamBench
  21. 21Will GreenBench
  22. 22Phil GreeningBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 37–9 England, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
England 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.