TheBreakdown
Full time7 July 1951
Australia
11–17
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1951Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Peter Rothwell2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Peter Rothwell5–0
  3. –TAustralia try · Richard Tooth8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Nicholas Shehadie11–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Snow Cockerill11–2
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Tom Lynch11–5
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden11–8
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden11–11
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Norman Wilson11–14
  10. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Tom Lynch11–17

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1John BaxterProp
  2. 2Neville CottrellHooker
  3. 3Neil BettsProp
  4. 4Nicholas ShehadieSecond row
  5. 5Alan CameronSecond row
  6. 6David BrockhoffFlanker
  7. 7Colin WindonFlanker
  8. 8Keith CrossNumber 8
  9. 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
  10. 10Richard ToothFly-half
  11. 11Clarence DavisWing
  12. 12Keith GudsellCentre
  13. 13John SolomonCentre
  14. 14Eddie StapletonWing
  15. 15Peter RothwellFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Hec WilsonProp
  2. 2Norman WilsonHooker
  3. 3Kevin SkinnerProp
  4. 4Bob DuffSecond row
  5. 5Richard WhiteSecond row
  6. 6William McCawFlanker
  7. 7Eddie RobinsonFlanker
  8. 8Peter JohnstoneNumber 8
  9. 9Brian SteeleScrum-half
  10. 10Lawrence HaigFly-half
  11. 11Ron JardenWing
  12. 12Tom LynchCentre
  13. 13John TannerCentre
  14. 14Percy ErcegWing
  15. 15Snow CockerillFull-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.