TheBreakdown
Full time19 August 1978
New Zealand
13–12
Australia
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1978Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson3–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson6–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson9–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Bryan Williams13–0
  5. –CAustralia conversion · Ken Wright13–2
  6. –PAustralia penalty · Ken Wright13–5
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Ken Wright13–8
  8. –TAustralia try · Patrick Batch13–12

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Barry AshworthFlanker
  7. 7Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  8. 8Gary SeearNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Mark TaylorCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Bevan WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Dave LoveridgeBench
  17. 17Brian McKechnieBench
  18. 18Bill OsborneBench
  19. 19Johnny BlackBench
  20. 20Bill BushBench
  21. 21Richard MyersBench

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Stan PileckiProp
  4. 4Garrick FaySecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Tony ShawFlanker
  7. 7Gary PearseFlanker
  8. 8Greg CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Ken WrightFly-half
  11. 11Stephen StreeterWing
  12. 12Martin KnightCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Patrick BatchWing
  15. 15Laurence MonaghanFull-back
  16. 16Rod HauserBench
  17. 17William McKidBench
  18. 18Brendan MoonBench
  19. 19Bill RossBench
  20. 20Chris HandyBench
  21. 21Keith BesomoBench

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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.