Full time14 June 1947
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1947Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CAustralia conversion · Brian Piper2–0
- –TAustralia try · Roger Cornforth5–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott5–2
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott5–4
- –TNew Zealand try5–7
- –TNew Zealand try · Wally Argus5–10
- –TNew Zealand try · Keith Arnold5–13
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Douglas KellerProp
- 2Kenny KearneyHooker
- 3Robert McMasterProp
- 4Phillip HardcastleSecond row
- 5William McLeanSecond row
- 6Roger CornforthFlanker
- 7Colin WindonFlanker
- 8Arthur BuchanNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10John CreminFly-half
- 11Charles EastesWing
- 12Alan WalkerCentre
- 13Max HowellCentre
- 14Terence MacBrideWing
- 15Brian PiperFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Ray DaltonProp
- 2Has CatleyHooker
- 3Johnny SimpsonProp
- 4Harry FrazerSecond row
- 5Lachie GrantSecond row
- 6Keith ArnoldFlanker
- 7Roy WhiteFlanker
- 8Nev ThorntonNumber 8
- 9Percy TetzlaffScrum-half
- 10Ben CouchFly-half
- 11Wally ArgusWing
- 12Fred AllenCentre
- 13Morrie GoddardCentre
- 14John McLeanWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 28 September 1946, Australia 10–14 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 28 June 1947
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.