TheBreakdown
Full time22 September 1962
New Zealand
16–8
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1962Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Don Clarke2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Don Clarke4–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · John Morrisey7–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Rod Heeps10–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · McFarlane Herewini13–0
  6. –DNew Zealand drop goal · McFarlane Herewini16–0
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Geoffrey Chapman16–2
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Geoffrey Chapman16–5
  9. –TAustralia try · James Lenehan16–8

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Wilson WhinerayProp
  2. 2Dennis YoungHooker
  3. 3Barry ThomasProp
  4. 4Stan MeadsSecond row
  5. 5Colin MeadsSecond row
  6. 6John GrahamFlanker
  7. 7Waka NathanFlanker
  8. 8Keith NelsonNumber 8
  9. 9Des ConnorScrum-half
  10. 10McFarlane HerewiniFly-half
  11. 11Rod HeepsWing
  12. 12Tony DaviesCentre
  13. 13Paul LittleCentre
  14. 14John MorriseyWing
  15. 15Don ClarkeFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Jonathan WhiteProp
  2. 2Peter JohnsonHooker
  3. 3John FreedmanProp
  4. 4John ThornettSecond row
  5. 5Richard ThornettSecond row
  6. 6Peter CrittleFlanker
  7. 7Geoffrey ChapmanFlanker
  8. 8Robin HemingNumber 8
  9. 9Kenneth McMullenScrum-half
  10. 10Phillip HawthorneFly-half
  11. 11Jim BoyceWing
  12. 12Beresford EllwoodCentre
  13. 13Richard MarksCentre
  14. 14James DouglasWing
  15. 15James LenehanFull-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.