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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Twickenham, London · 31 October 2015Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 17 points.Half-time 14–3 · Tries 3–2 · NZL 1 yellow card

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8′14′27′36′75′39425364792758Attacks419Ball won11516929472001085625654422732%Own 2240%Own half65%Opp half60%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL11415
AUS11727
← Australia attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
39′New ZealandTry, Nehe Milner-Skudder, converted14–3
42′New ZealandTry, Ma'a Nonu, conversion missed21–3
53′AustraliaTry, David Pocock, converted21–8
64′AustraliaTry, Tevita Kuridrani, converted21–15
79′New ZealandTry, Beauden Barrett, converted32–17
8′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
14′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
27′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
36′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
70′New ZealandDrop goal scored
75′New ZealandPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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39′Nehe Milner-Skudder42′Ma'a Nonu53′David Pocock64′Tevita Kuridrani79′Beauden Barrett
NZL

Team stats

AUS
53%Possession47%
54%Territory46%
121Carries115
513Metres gained425
19Clean breaks4
27Defenders beaten15
151Passes139
8Offloads2
114Tackles made117
15Tackles missed27
83/90Rucks won79/84
14/14Lineouts won7/10
3/3Scrums won4/5
2/3Mauls won2/2
9Turnovers won8
7Penalties conceded11
39Kicks from hand38
599Kick metres445
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 2/3, penalties 4/4 · AUS conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Joe MoodyProp
  2. 2Dane ColesHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Nehe Milner-SkudderWing
  15. 15Ben SmithFull-back
  16. 16Keven MealamuBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Charlie FaumuinaBench
  19. 19Victor VitoBench
  20. 20Sam CaneBench
  21. 21Tawera Kerr-BarlowBench
  22. 22Beauden BarrettBench
  23. 23Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

Australia

  1. 1Scott SioProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Sekope KepuProp
  4. 4Kane DouglasSecond row
  5. 5Rob SimmonsSecond row
  6. 6Scott FardyFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8David PocockNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Bernard FoleyFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Tevita KuridraniCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Israel FolauFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Greg HolmesBench
  19. 19Dean MummBench
  20. 20Ben McCalmanBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Matt ToomuaBench
  23. 23Kurtley 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.