TheBreakdown
Full time11 July 1998
Australia
24–16
New Zealand
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Narrm, Australia · Tri Nations 1998Head-to-head

Australia won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke8–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke11–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke14–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Matt Burke19–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Matt Burke24–0
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens24–3
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer24–6
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Josh Kronfeld24–11
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Jones24–16

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Tom BowmanSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Chris WhitakerBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 18Jason LittleBench
  19. 19Willie OfahengaueBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Dan CrowleyBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Joeli VidiriWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Scott McLeodCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Ofisa Tonu'uBench
  17. 17Carlos SpencerBench
  18. 18Jonah LomuBench
  19. 19Isitolo MakaBench
  20. 20Mark CarterBench
  21. 21Carl HoeftBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

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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.