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Full time19 September 1925
New Zealand
36–10
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1925Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls8–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls10–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls12–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Bert Cooke15–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Bert Cooke18–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Neil McGregor21–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Jimmy Mill24–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Bunny Finlayson27–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Maurice Brownlie30–0
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Maurice Brownlie33–0
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Robilliard36–0
  15. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton36–2
  16. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton36–4
  17. –TAustralia try · Alan Bowers36–7
  18. –TAustralia try · Charles Morrissey36–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 15George NepiaFull-back
  2. Jock RichardsonForward
  3. Fred LucasThree-quarter
  4. Snowy SvensonThree-quarter
  5. Maurice BrownlieForward
  6. Neil McGregorFive-eighth
  7. Bert CookeThree-quarter
  8. Ron StewartForward
  9. Bill IrvineForward
  10. Cliff PorterForward
  11. Read MastersForward
  12. Mark NichollsFive-eighth
  13. Jimmy MillFly-half
  14. Bunny FinlaysonForward
  15. Mick LomasForward
  16. Alan RobilliardBench

Australia

  1. 1Thomas SmithProp
  2. 2John BlackwoodHooker
  3. 3Harry WoodsProp
  4. 4Bruce JuddSecond row
  5. 5Harry BryantSecond row
  6. 6Walter RigneyFlanker
  7. 7William LaycockFlanker
  8. 8Jack FordNumber 8
  9. 9Wallace MeagherScrum-half
  10. 10Tom LawtonFly-half
  11. 11Owen CrossmanWing
  12. 12Charles MorrisseyCentre
  13. 13Ernie ReidCentre
  14. 14Alan BowersWing
  15. 15Arthur TobyFull-back
  16. Colin ShawBench

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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.