Full time8 September 1928
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tour 1928Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Nick Bradanovich2–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Nick Bradanovich4–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Nick Bradanovich7–0
- –TNew Zealand try10–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Toby Robinson13–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Arthur Knight16–0
- –CAustralia conversion · William George16–2
- –TAustralia try · Wilfred Hemingway16–5
- –TAustralia try · Syd Malcolm16–8
- –TAustralia try · Robert Loudon16–11
- –TAustralia try · John O'Connor16–14
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 15George MehrtensFull-back
- Bert PalmerForward
- Toby RobinsonForward
- Lew HookThree-quarter
- Dave FreitasForward
- Arthur KnightForward
- Nick BradanovichFive-eighth
- Bert CookeFive-eighth
- Arthur HoldenFly-half
- Frank SnodgrassThree-quarter
- Francis ClarkForward
- Cliff PorterForward
- Bill McClymontThree-quarter
- Mick WilloughbyForward
- Dick SteereForward
Australia
- 1Bill CeruttiProp
- 2Ian Comrie-ThomsonHooker
- 3Walter PhippsProp
- 4John O'ConnorSecond row
- 5John LambSecond row
- 6Robert LoudonFlanker
- 7Myer RosenblumFlanker
- 8Allen MunsieNumber 8
- 9Syd MalcolmScrum-half
- 10William GeorgeFly-half
- 11Alfred SmairlWing
- 12Robert BurgeCentre
- 13Cyril TowersCentre
- 14Wilfred HemingwayWing
- 15Robert WestfieldFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 5 September 1928, New Zealand 15–12 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 15 September 1928
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.