TheBreakdown
Full time6 July 1996
New Zealand
43–6
Australia
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tri Nations 1996Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 37 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens7–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens10–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens13–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen18–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson23–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Jonah Lomu28–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall33–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke38–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Michael Jones43–0
  12. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke43–3
  13. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke43–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Eric RushBench
  17. 17Scott McLeodBench
  18. 18Jon PrestonBench
  19. 19Blair LarsenBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Norm HewittBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Dan CrowleyProp
  4. 4Garrick MorganSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9Sam PayneScrum-half
  10. 10Scott BowenFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Joe RoffCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. Stephen LarkhamBench
  17. Andrew HeathBench
  18. Daniel ManuBench
  19. George GreganBench
  20. Pat HowardBench
  21. Marco CaputoBench

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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

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.