TheBreakdown
Full time12 July 1980
Australia
26–10
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1980Head-to-head

Australia won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Roger Gould2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · Roger Gould4–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Roger Gould7–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Peter Grigg11–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Peter Grigg15–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Michael O'Connor19–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Peter Carson23–0
  8. –DAustralia drop goal · Mark Ella26–0
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin26–3
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin26–6
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Bernie Fraser26–10

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Tony D'ArcyProp
  2. 2Bill RossHooker
  3. 3Declan CurranProp
  4. 4Tony ShawSecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Simon PoidevinFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Duncan HallNumber 8
  9. 9Peter CarsonScrum-half
  10. 10Mark EllaFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Michael O'ConnorCentre
  14. 14Peter GriggWing
  15. 15Roger GouldFull-back
  16. 16Phil CoxBench
  17. 17Andy SlackBench
  18. 18Paul McLeanBench
  19. 19Warwick WatkinsBench
  20. 20Stan PileckiBench
  21. 21Michael MathersBench

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Johnny BlackHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5John FlemingSecond row
  6. 6Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  7. 7Geoff HinesFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Nick AllenFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Lachlan CameronCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Tim TwigdenWing
  15. 15Brett CodlinFull-back
  16. 18Murray WattsBench
  17. Mark ShawBench

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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.