TheBreakdown
Full time9 September 1978
New Zealand
16–30
Australia
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1978Head-to-head

Australia won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brian McKechnie2–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie5–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson12–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · John Ashworth16–0
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Ken Wright16–2
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Tony Melrose16–4
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Ken Wright16–7
  9. –TAustralia try · Greg Cornelsen16–11
  10. –TAustralia try · Greg Cornelsen16–15
  11. –TAustralia try · Greg Cornelsen16–19
  12. –TAustralia try · Greg Cornelsen16–23
  13. –TAustralia try · Gary Pearse16–27
  14. –DAustralia drop goal · Tony Melrose16–30

Line-ups

New Zealand

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

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Chris HandyProp
  4. 4Garrick FaySecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Gary PearseFlanker
  7. 7Tony ShawFlanker
  8. 8Greg CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Tony MelroseFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Ken WrightCentre
  13. 13William McKidCentre
  14. 14Patrick BatchWing
  15. 15Geoffrey RichardsFull-back
  16. 16Rod HauserBench
  17. 17Andy SlackBench
  18. 18Martin KnightBench
  19. 19Bill RossBench
  20. 20Stan PileckiBench
  21. 21Rob OnusBench

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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.