TheBreakdown
Full time2 September 1972
New Zealand
30–17
Australia
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1972Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Trevor Morris2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Trevor Morris4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Trevor Morris7–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Trevor Morris10–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Bryan Williams14–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Sutherland18–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick22–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick26–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Pole Whiting30–0
  10. –CAustralia conversion · Jeffrey McLean30–2
  11. –TAustralia try · John Cole30–6
  12. –TAustralia try · Jeffrey McLean30–10
  13. –TAustralia try · Jeffrey McLean30–14
  14. –DAustralia drop goal · Geoffrey Richardson30–17

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Jeff MathesonProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Graham WhitingProp
  4. 4Sam StrahanSecond row
  5. 5Pole WhitingSecond row
  6. 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  7. 7Alistair ScownFlanker
  8. 8Alan SutherlandNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Lyn JaffrayFly-half
  11. 11Duncan HalesWing
  12. 12Ross ParkinsonCentre
  13. 13Graham SimsCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Trevor MorrisFull-back
  16. 16Lin CollingBench
  17. 17Philip GardBench
  18. 18Greg KaneBench
  19. 19Ron UrlichBench
  20. 20Keith MurdochBench
  21. 21Alex WyllieBench

Australia

  1. 1Jake HowardProp
  2. 2Michael FreneyHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Barry StumblesSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Peter SullivanFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Richard CocksNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth GreyScrum-half
  10. 10Geoffrey RichardsonFly-half
  11. 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
  12. 12David L'EstrangeCentre
  13. 13David BurnetCentre
  14. 14John ColeWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-back
  16. 16John CornesBench
  17. 18John TaylorBench
  18. 19Robert ThompsonBench
  19. 20Reg SmithBench
  20. 21Bruce BrownBench

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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.