TheBreakdown
Full time25 July 1987
Australia
16–30
New Zealand
Concord Oval, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1987Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Andrew Leeds3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Andrew Leeds6–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Andrew Leeds9–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Brett Papworth13–0
  5. –DAustralia drop goal · Mike Hawker16–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox16–2
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox16–5
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox16–8
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox16–11
  10. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan16–15
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Craig Green16–19
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Sean Fitzpatrick16–23
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Sean Fitzpatrick16–27
  14. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Grant Fox16–30

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Enrique RodriguezProp
  2. 2Tommy LawtonHooker
  3. 3Andy McIntyreProp
  4. 4Steve CutlerSecond row
  5. 5Bill CampbellSecond row
  6. 6Jeff MillerFlanker
  7. 7David CodeyFlanker
  8. 8Steve TuynmanNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JamesFly-half
  11. 11Matt BurkeWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Brett PapworthCentre
  14. 14David CampeseWing
  15. 15Andrew LeedsFull-back
  16. 16Mark McBainBench
  17. 17Cameron LillicrapBench
  18. 18Troy CokerBench
  19. 19Brian SmithBench
  20. 20Dwayne VignesBench
  21. 21Greg MartinBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3John DrakeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Bernie McCahillBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Bruce DeansBench
  19. 19Zinzan BrookeBench
  20. 20Albert AndersonBench
  21. 21Richard LoeBench

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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.