TheBreakdown
Full time14 September 1946
New Zealand
31–8
Australia
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1946Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott8–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott10–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Johnny Smith13–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Wally Argus16–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Wally Argus19–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Jimmy Haig22–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Jack Finlay25–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Roy White28–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Ken Elliott31–0
  13. –CAustralia conversion · Alan Livermore31–2
  14. –TAustralia try · Trevor Allan31–5
  15. –TAustralia try · Charles Eastes31–8

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Harry FrazerProp
  2. 2Has CatleyHooker
  3. 3Pat RhindProp
  4. 4Charlie WillocksSecond row
  5. 5Ken ElliottSecond row
  6. 6Morrie McHughFlanker
  7. 7Roy WhiteFlanker
  8. 8Jack FinlayNumber 8
  9. 9Jimmy HaigScrum-half
  10. 10Fred AllenFly-half
  11. 11Wally ArgusWing
  12. 12Ron ElvidgeCentre
  13. 13Johnny SmithCentre
  14. 14Jack DunnWing
  15. 15Bob ScottFull-back
  16. John McRaeBench

Australia

  1. 1Eric TweedaleProp
  2. 2Walter DawsonHooker
  3. 3Robert McMasterProp
  4. 4Phillip HardcastleSecond row
  5. 5William McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Alan LivermoreFlanker
  7. 7Colin WindonFlanker
  8. 8Arthur BuchanNumber 8
  9. 9Bernard SchulteScrum-half
  10. 10John CreminFly-half
  11. 11Charles EastesWing
  12. 12Paul JohnsonCentre
  13. 13Trevor AllanCentre
  14. 14Terence MacBrideWing
  15. 15Brian PiperFull-back
  16. Max HowellBench
  17. Eric FreemanBench

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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.