TheBreakdown
Full time28 June 1980
Australia
9–12
New Zealand
Ballymore, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1980Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Roger Gould2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Roger Gould5–0
  3. –TAustralia try · Brendan Moon9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin9–2
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin9–5
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin9–8
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Hika Reid9–12

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Stan PileckiProp
  2. 2Bill RossHooker
  3. 3Chris HandyProp
  4. 4Duncan HallSecond row
  5. 5Steve WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Simon PoidevinFlanker
  7. 7Tony ShawFlanker
  8. 8Greg CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9Phil CoxScrum-half
  10. 10Mark EllaFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Michael O'ConnorCentre
  14. 14Michael MartinWing
  15. 15Roger GouldFull-back
  16. 16Peter CarsonBench
  17. 17Andy SlackBench
  18. 18Glen EllaBench
  19. 19Warwick WatkinsBench
  20. 20Declan CurranBench
  21. 21Michael MathersBench

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Hika ReidHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5John FlemingSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Murray TaylorFly-half
  11. 11Murray WattsWing
  12. 12Gary CunninghamCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Tim TwigdenWing
  15. 15Brett CodlinFull-back
  16. 16Steve ScottBench
  17. 17Richard WilsonBench
  18. 18Nick AllenBench
  19. 19Johnny BlackBench
  20. 20Geoff HinesBench
  21. 21John SpiersBench

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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.