TheBreakdown
Full time3 July 1988
Australia
7–32
New Zealand
Concord Oval, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1988Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh3–0
  2. –TAustralia try · Ian Williams7–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox7–2
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox7–4
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox7–6
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox7–9
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox7–12
  8. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan7–16
  9. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan7–20
  10. –TNew Zealand try · John Schuster7–24
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Whetton7–28
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Steve McDowall7–32

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Mark HartillProp
  2. 2Tommy LawtonHooker
  3. 3Andy McIntyreProp
  4. 4Damien FrawleySecond row
  5. 5Steve CutlerSecond row
  6. 6Julian GardnerFlanker
  7. 7Simon PoidevinFlanker
  8. 8David CarterNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Michael CookCentre
  13. 13Garry EllaCentre
  14. 14Ian WilliamsWing
  15. 15Andrew LeedsFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Mike BrewerFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9Bruce DeansScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12John SchusterCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Jasin GoldsmithBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Graeme BachopBench
  19. 19Michael JonesBench
  20. 20Andy EarlBench
  21. 21Kevin BoroevichBench

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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.