Full time16 August 1997
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tri Nations 1997Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 12 points.
Scoring
- 3’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer3–0
- 10’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer6–0
- 19’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer9–0
- 21’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer11–0
- 21’TNew Zealand try · Taine Randell16–0
- 24’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer19–0
- 25’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer21–0
- 25’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen26–0
- 36’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer28–0
- 36’TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall33–0
- 39’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer36–0
- 43’TAustralia try · Joe Roff36–5
- 48’CAustralia conversion · David Knox36–7
- 48’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham36–12
- 70’CAustralia conversion · David Knox36–14
- 70’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham36–19
- 78’TAustralia try · Ben Tune36–24
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Craig DowdProp
- 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
- 3Olo BrownProp
- 4Ian JonesSecond row
- 5Robin BrookeSecond row
- 6Taine RandellFlanker
- 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
- 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
- 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
- 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
- 11Glen OsborneWing
- 12Alama IeremiaCentre
- 13Frank BunceCentre
- 14Jeff WilsonWing
- 15Christian CullenFull-back
- Scott McLeodBench
- Ofisa Tonu'uBench
- Charles RiechelmannBench
- Mark AllenBench
- Andrew MehrtensBench
- Anton OliverBench
Australia
- 1Richard HarryProp
- 2Michael FoleyHooker
- 3Andrew BladesProp
- 4Owen FineganSecond row
- 5John LangfordSecond row
- 6Fili FinauFlanker
- 7David WilsonFlanker
- 8Troy CokerNumber 8
- 9George GreganScrum-half
- 10David KnoxFly-half
- 11Joe RoffWing
- 12James HolbeckCentre
- 13Jason LittleCentre
- 14Ben TuneWing
- 15Stephen LarkhamFull-back
- 16Mitch HardyBench
- 17Sam PayneBench
- 18Toutai KefuBench
- 19Brett RobinsonBench
- 20Andrew HeathBench
- 21Marco CaputoBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 26 July 1997, New Zealand 33–18 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 11 July 1998
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.