TheBreakdown
Full time28 September 1946
New Zealand
14–10
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1946Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott2–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bob Scott5–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bob Scott8–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bob Scott11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Ron Elvidge14–0
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Brian Piper14–2
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Brian Piper14–4
  8. –TAustralia try · Terence MacBride14–7
  9. –TAustralia try · Charles Eastes14–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Harry FrazerProp
  2. 2John McRaeHooker
  3. 3Pat RhindProp
  4. 4Charlie WillocksSecond row
  5. 5Alf BuddSecond row
  6. 6Morrie McHughFlanker
  7. 7Roy WhiteFlanker
  8. 8Ken ElliottNumber 8
  9. 9Jimmy HaigScrum-half
  10. 10Fred AllenFly-half
  11. 11Wally ArgusWing
  12. 12Ron ElvidgeCentre
  13. 13Morrie GoddardCentre
  14. 14Eric BoggsWing
  15. 15Bob ScottFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Eric TweedaleProp
  2. 2Walter DawsonHooker
  3. 3Robert McMasterProp
  4. 4Phillip HardcastleSecond row
  5. 5Graham CookeSecond row
  6. 6William McLeanFlanker
  7. 7Colin WindonFlanker
  8. 8Arthur BuchanNumber 8
  9. 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
  10. 10John CreminFly-half
  11. 11Charles EastesWing
  12. 12Terence MacBrideCentre
  13. 13Trevor AllanCentre
  14. 14James StoneWing
  15. 15Brian PiperFull-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

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.