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Full time26 July 1997
Australia
18–33
New Zealand
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Narrm, Australia · Tri Nations 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Jason Little13–0
  5. –TAustralia try · George Gregan18–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer18–2
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer18–4
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer18–6
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer18–9
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer18–12
  11. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer18–15
  12. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer18–18
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen18–23
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson18–28
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce18–33

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew HeathProp
  4. 4Garrick MorganSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Daniel ManuFlanker
  7. 7Brett RobinsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Tim HoranFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12James HolbeckCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Stephen LarkhamBench
  17. 17Sam PayneBench
  18. 18Troy CokerBench
  19. 19David WilsonBench
  20. 20Andrew BladesBench
  21. 21Marco CaputoBench
  22. 22Mitch HardyBench

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. 11Glen OsborneWing
  12. 12Alama IeremiaCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. Ofisa Tonu'uBench
  17. Norm HewittBench
  18. Charles RiechelmannBench
  19. Mark AllenBench
  20. Andrew MehrtensBench
  21. Adrian CashmoreBench

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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.