TheBreakdown
Full time30 July 1988
Australia
9–30
New Zealand
Concord Oval, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1988Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Andrew Leeds5–0
  3. –TAustralia try · Lloyd Walker9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox9–2
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox9–4
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox9–6
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–9
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–12
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–15
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–18
  11. –TNew Zealand try · John Gallagher9–22
  12. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan9–26
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Deans9–30

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Robert LawtonProp
  2. 2Tommy LawtonHooker
  3. 3Andy McIntyreProp
  4. 4Damien FrawleySecond row
  5. 5Steve CutlerSecond row
  6. 6Jeff MillerFlanker
  7. 7Simon PoidevinFlanker
  8. 8Tim GavinNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Lloyd WalkerFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Michael CookCentre
  13. 13James GrantCentre
  14. 14Ian WilliamsWing
  15. 15Andrew LeedsFull-back
  16. 16Bradford BurkeBench
  17. 17Michael LynaghBench
  18. 18Paul CarozzaBench
  19. 19Mark McBainBench
  20. 20Dan CrowleyBench
  21. 21Julian GardnerBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  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. 19Zinzan BrookeBench
  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.