TheBreakdown
Full time28 July 1979
Australia
12–6
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1979Head-to-head

Australia won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean6–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean9–0
  4. –DAustralia drop goal · Tony Melrose12–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson12–3
  6. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Murray Taylor12–6

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Chris HandyProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Stan PileckiProp
  4. 4Peter McLeanSecond row
  5. 5Tony ShawSecond row
  6. 6Andrew StewartFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9Peter CarsonScrum-half
  10. 10Tony MelroseFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Phillip CroweWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back
  16. 16John MeadowsBench
  17. 17Gary GainsfordBench
  18. 18Bill RossBench
  19. 19Duncan HallBench
  20. 20Peter GriggBench
  21. 21Geoffrey RichardsBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Gary KnightProp
  2. 2Johnny BlackHooker
  3. 3Bill BushProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Mike McCoolSecond row
  6. 6Graham MourieFlanker
  7. 7Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  8. 8Gary SeearNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Brian McKechnieFly-half
  11. 11Gary CunninghamWing
  12. 12Murray TaylorCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Bevan WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Andy DaltonBench
  17. 17John AshworthBench
  18. 18John FlemingBench
  19. 19Dave LoveridgeBench
  20. 20Lyn JaffrayBench
  21. 21Murray WattsBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 51–147 New Zealand, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
New Zealand 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.