Full time23 June 1951
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1951Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Snow Cockerill0–2
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Snow Cockerill0–5
- –TNew Zealand try · Kevin Skinner0–8
Line-ups
Australia
- 1John BaxterProp
- 2Neville CottrellHooker
- 3Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 4Alan CameronSecond row
- 5Conrad PrimmerSecond row
- 6Colin WindonFlanker
- 7Arch WinningFlanker
- 8Rex MossopNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Richard ToothFly-half
- 11Clarence DavisWing
- 12Keith GudsellCentre
- 13John SolomonCentre
- 14Eddie StapletonWing
- 15Peter RothwellFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Hec WilsonProp
- 2Norman WilsonHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Bob DuffSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6William McCawFlanker
- 7Eddie RobinsonFlanker
- 8Peter JohnstoneNumber 8
- 9Brian SteeleScrum-half
- 10Lawrence HaigFly-half
- 11Ron JardenWing
- 12Tom LynchCentre
- 13John TannerCentre
- 14Percy ErcegWing
- 15Snow CockerillFull-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: 24 September 1949, Australia 16–9 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 30 June 1951
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.