TheBreakdown
Full time6 August 1938
Australia
14–20
New Zealand
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1938Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · McQuarie Carpenter2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · McQuarie Carpenter5–0
  3. –TAustralia try · McQuarie Carpenter8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · McQuarie Carpenter11–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Paul Collins14–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jack Taylor14–2
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jack Taylor14–4
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Will Phillips14–7
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Brushy Mitchell14–10
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Snow Bowman14–13
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Harold Milliken14–16
  12. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Tom Morrison14–20

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Clifford LangProp
  2. 2Albert StoneHooker
  3. 3Vayro WilsonProp
  4. 4Russell KellySecond row
  5. 5Carrabo MontiSecond row
  6. 6John McDonaldFlanker
  7. 7Boyd OxladeFlanker
  8. 8Aubrey HodgsonNumber 8
  9. 9Cecil RamalliScrum-half
  10. 10Paul CollinsFly-half
  11. 11John HowardWing
  12. 12Edwin HayesCentre
  13. 13Winston IdeCentre
  14. 14McQuarie CarpenterWing
  15. 15Ronald RankinFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Les GeorgeProp
  2. 2Charles QuaidHooker
  3. 3Doug DaltonProp
  4. 4Harold MillikenSecond row
  5. 5Ron KingSecond row
  6. 6Snow BowmanFlanker
  7. 7Rod McKenzieFlanker
  8. 8Allan ParkhillNumber 8
  9. 9Charlie SaxtonScrum-half
  10. 10Trevor BerghanFly-half
  11. 11Tom MorrisonWing
  12. 12Jack SullivanCentre
  13. 13Brushy MitchellCentre
  14. 14Will PhillipsWing
  15. 15Jack TaylorFull-back

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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.