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Full time25 August 2012
New Zealand
22–0
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · The Rugby Championship 2012Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 27’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter3–0
  2. 32’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter6–0
  3. 41’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter9–0
  4. 44’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter12–0
  5. 47’TNew Zealand try · Israel Dagg17–0
  6. 48’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter19–0
  7. 51’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter22–0

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Wyatt CrockettProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Luke RomanoSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Liam MessamFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Hosea GearWing
  12. 12Sonny Bill WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Ma'a NonuCentre
  14. 14Cory JaneWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Brodie RetallickBench
  19. 19Victor VitoBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Aaron CrudenBench
  22. 22Ben SmithBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Sitaleki TimaniSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dave DennisFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Scott HigginbothamNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Rob HorneCentre
  14. 14Drew MitchellWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Saia FaingaaBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Radike SamoBench
  19. 19Liam GillBench
  20. 20Nick PhippsBench
  21. 21Anthony FaingaaBench
  22. 22Kurtley BealeBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 147–51 Australia, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Australia 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.