Full time29 June 1985
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1985Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley3–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley6–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Craig Green10–0
- –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh10–2
- –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh10–5
- –TAustralia try · James Black10–9
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1John AshworthProp
- 2Andy DaltonHooker
- 3Gary KnightProp
- 4Murray PierceSecond row
- 5Gary WhettonSecond row
- 6Mark ShawFlanker
- 7Jock HobbsFlanker
- 8Murray MextedNumber 8
- 9David KirkScrum-half
- 10Wayne SmithFly-half
- 11Craig GreenWing
- 12Warwick TaylorCentre
- 13Steve PokereCentre
- 14John KirwanWing
- 15Kieran CrowleyFull-back
- 16Alan HewsonBench
- 17Grant FoxBench
- 18Dave LoveridgeBench
- 19Alan WhettonBench
- 20Steve McDowallBench
- 21Hika ReidBench
Australia
- 1Enrique RodriguezProp
- 2Tommy LawtonHooker
- 3Andy McIntyreProp
- 4Steve CutlerSecond row
- 5Steve WilliamsSecond row
- 6David CodeyFlanker
- 7Simon PoidevinFlanker
- 8Steve TuynmanNumber 8
- 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
- 10Michael LynaghFly-half
- 11Matt BurkeWing
- 12Tim LaneCentre
- 13James BlackCentre
- 14Peter GriggWing
- 15Roger GouldFull-back
- 16Peter SlatteryBench
- 17Ian WilliamsBench
- 18Garry EllaBench
- 19Ross ReynoldsBench
- 20Cameron LillicrapBench
- 21Mark McBainBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 18 August 1984, New Zealand 25–24 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 9 August 1986
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.