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Full time26 August 1978
New Zealand
22–6
Australia
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1978Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bevan Wilson2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bevan Wilson4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson7–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Mark Taylor15–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Gary Seear19–0
  7. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Doug Bruce22–0
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Ken Wright22–3
  9. –DAustralia drop goal · Ken Wright22–6

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. 16Bill BushBench
  17. 17Richard MyersBench
  18. 18Johnny BlackBench
  19. 19Bill OsborneBench
  20. 20Dave LoveridgeBench
  21. 21Brian McKechnieBench

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Stan PileckiProp
  4. 4Peter McLeanSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Tony ShawFlanker
  7. 7Gary PearseFlanker
  8. 8Greg CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Ken WrightFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Andy SlackCentre
  13. 13William McKidCentre
  14. 14Patrick BatchWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Rod HauserBench
  17. 17Martin KnightBench
  18. 18Geoffrey RichardsBench
  19. 19Chris HandyBench
  20. 20Bill RossBench
  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.