TheBreakdown
Full time16 September 1972
New Zealand
38–3
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1972Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Trevor Morris2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Trevor Morris4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Trevor Morris6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Trevor Morris8–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Trevor Morris11–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Trevor Morris14–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Bryan Williams18–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going22–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Sutherland26–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick30–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Alistair Scown34–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Pole Whiting38–0
  13. –PAustralia penalty · Jeffrey McLean38–3

Line-ups

New Zealand

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

Australia

  1. 1Bruce BrownProp
  2. 2Michael FreneyHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Richard CocksFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Barry StumblesNumber 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. 17Russell FairfaxBench
  18. 18John TaylorBench
  19. 19Robert ThompsonBench
  20. 20Jake HowardBench
  21. 21Tony GellingBench

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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.