TheBreakdown
Full time15 June 1968
Australia
11–27
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1968Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Arthur McGill5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Arthur McGill8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Alan Cardy11–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bill McCormick11–2
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bill McCormick11–4
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bill McCormick11–6
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick11–9
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Tony Steel11–12
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Earle Kirton11–15
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Chris Laidlaw11–18
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick11–21
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick11–24
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick11–27

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Jim RoxburghProp
  2. 2Peter JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Norman ReillySecond row
  5. 5Tony AbrahamsSecond row
  6. 6Hugh RoseFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8David TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Ken CatchpoleScrum-half
  10. 10John BallestyFly-half
  11. 11Alan CardyWing
  12. 12John BrassCentre
  13. 13Philip SmithCentre
  14. 14John ColeWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-back
  16. John HipwellBench
  17. Barry HonanBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Ken GrayProp
  2. 2Bruce McLeodHooker
  3. 3Jas MullerProp
  4. 4Colin MeadsSecond row
  5. 5Sam StrahanSecond row
  6. 6Kel TremainFlanker
  7. 7Thomas ListerFlanker
  8. 8Brian LochoreNumber 8
  9. 9Chris LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Earle KirtonFly-half
  11. 11Tony SteelWing
  12. 12Wayne CottrellCentre
  13. 13Bill DavisCentre
  14. 14Grahame ThorneWing
  15. 15Bill McCormickFull-back
  16. Ian KirkpatrickBench

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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.