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Full time1 August 1998
New Zealand
23–27
Australia
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tri Nations 1998Head-to-head

Australia won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TAustralia try · Tom Bowman0–5
  2. 33’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–5
  3. 38’TAustralia try · Matt Burke3–10
  4. 42’CAustralia conversion · John Eales3–12
  5. 42’TAustralia try · Jason Little3–17
  6. 54’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens6–17
  7. 57’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–20
  8. 61’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens9–20
  9. 71’CAustralia conversion · John Eales9–22
  10. 71’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham9–27
  11. 77’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens11–27
  12. 77’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen16–27
  13. 81’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens18–27
  14. 81’TNew Zealand try · Jonah Lomu23–27

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Mark CarterFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Mark MayerhoflerCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Scott McLeodBench
  17. 17Carlos SpencerBench
  18. 18Ofisa Tonu'uBench
  19. 19Scott RobertsonBench
  20. 20Royce WillisBench
  21. 21Carl HoeftBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  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. 14Jason LittleWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Chris WhitakerBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 18Damian SmithBench
  19. 19Willie OfahengaueBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Glenn PanohoBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

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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.