TheBreakdown
Full time5 July 1997
New Zealand
30–13
Australia
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer7–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer10–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke15–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke20–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Josh Kronfeld25–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Josh Kronfeld30–0
  9. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales30–2
  10. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales30–5
  11. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales30–8
  12. –TAustralia try · Tim Horan30–13

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  12. 12Lee StensnessCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. Alama IeremiaBench
  17. Norm HewittBench
  18. Charles RiechelmannBench
  19. Mark AllenBench
  20. Mark CarterBench
  21. Jon PrestonBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Marco CaputoHooker
  3. 3Ewen McKenzieProp
  4. 4Matt CockbainSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Brett RobinsonFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Troy CokerNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Tim HoranFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Pat HowardCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Stephen LarkhamFull-back
  16. 16Sam PayneBench
  17. 17Mitch HardyBench
  18. 18Andrew BladesBench
  19. 19Michael FoleyBench
  20. 20James HolbeckBench
  21. 21Daniel ManuBench

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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.