TheBreakdown
Full time27 July 1996
Australia
25–32
New Zealand
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tri Nations 1996Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke3–0
  2. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–0
  3. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–0
  4. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–0
  5. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke15–0
  6. 1’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–2
  7. 1’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–4
  8. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–7
  9. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–10
  10. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–13
  11. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–16
  12. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–19
  13. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–22
  14. 1’TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce15–27
  15. 1’TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall15–32
  16. 13’TAustralia try · George Gregan20–32
  17. 40’TAustralia try · Matt Burke25–32

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew HeathProp
  4. 4Garrick MorganSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Daniel ManuFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Pat HowardFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Richard TombsCentre
  13. 13Joe RoffCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Daniel HerbertBench
  17. 17Scott BowenBench
  18. 18Sam PayneBench
  19. 19Tim GavinBench
  20. 20Dan CrowleyBench
  21. 21Marco CaputoBench

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

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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.