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Full time17 September 1955
New Zealand
3–8
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1955Head-to-head

Australia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden3–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · Eddie Stapleton3–2
  3. –TAustralia try · Eddie Stapleton3–5
  4. –TAustralia try · Norman Hughes3–8

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Hallard WhiteProp
  2. 2Ron HemiHooker
  3. 3Ivan VodanovichProp
  4. 4Bob DuffSecond row
  5. 5Richard WhiteSecond row
  6. 6John BuxtonFlanker
  7. 7Frank HillFlanker
  8. 8Ian ClarkeNumber 8
  9. 9Lindsay TownsendScrum-half
  10. 10John HotopFly-half
  11. 11Ron JardenWing
  12. 12Bill GrayCentre
  13. 13Ross BrownCentre
  14. 14Alan ElsomWing
  15. 15Pat WalshFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
  2. 2James CrossHooker
  3. 3Donald StrachanProp
  4. 4Tony MillerSecond row
  5. 5Alan CameronSecond row
  6. 6Keith CrossFlanker
  7. 7John ThornettFlanker
  8. 8Norman HughesNumber 8
  9. 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
  10. 10Richard ToothFly-half
  11. 11Garth JonesWing
  12. 12Gordon DavisCentre
  13. 13James PhippsCentre
  14. 14Eddie StapletonWing
  15. 15Roderick PhelpsFull-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.