TheBreakdown
Full time29 July 1926
Australia
21–28
New Zealand
Royal Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1926Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Owen Crossman3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Owen Crossman6–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Cyril Towers9–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · Cyril Towers12–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · Cyril Towers15–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Johnnie Wallace18–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Cyril Towers21–0
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls21–2
  9. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls21–4
  10. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls21–6
  11. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls21–8
  12. –CNew Zealand conversion · Mark Nicholls21–10
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Robilliard21–13
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Robilliard21–16
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Robilliard21–19
  16. –TNew Zealand try · Bert Cooke21–22
  17. –TNew Zealand try · Jimmy Mill21–25
  18. –TNew Zealand try · Jimmy Mill21–28

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bruce JuddProp
  2. 2Ian Comrie-ThomsonHooker
  3. 3Walter RigneyProp
  4. 4Geoff StoreySecond row
  5. 5Ray BowdenSecond row
  6. 6Edward ThornFlanker
  7. 7Walter IvesFlanker
  8. 8James TancredNumber 8
  9. 9John DuncanScrum-half
  10. 10William GeorgeFly-half
  11. 11SD McLarenWing
  12. 12Cyril TowersCentre
  13. 13Johnnie WallaceCentre
  14. 14Owen CrossmanWing
  15. 15Little George MacKayFull-back
  16. Syd KingBench
  17. Mervyn RylanceBench

New Zealand

  1. 15Snowy SvensonFull-back
  2. Ian HarveyForward
  3. Tom SheenFive-eighth
  4. Geoff AlleyForward
  5. Maurice BrownlieForward
  6. Cyril BrownlieForward
  7. Alex KirkpatrickForward
  8. Bert CookeThree-quarter
  9. Ron StewartForward
  10. Bill IrvineForward
  11. Bill ElvyThree-quarter
  12. Mark NichollsFive-eighth
  13. Jimmy MillFly-half
  14. Alan RobilliardThree-quarter
  15. Bunny FinlaysonForward
  16. Jack BlakeBench
  17. Bill HazlettBench

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Context

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

Australia 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.