TheBreakdown
Full time29 August 1998
Australia
19–14
New Zealand
Aussie Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1998Head-to-head

Australia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales8–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales11–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales14–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Matt Burke19–0
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens19–3
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens19–6
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen19–11
  10. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Andrew Mehrtens19–14

Line-ups

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. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  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

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Royce WillisSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Xavier RushNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Mark MayerhoflerCentre
  13. 13Eroni ClarkeCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Caleb RalphBench
  17. 17Carlos SpencerBench
  18. 18Mark RobinsonBench
  19. 19Scott RobertsonBench
  20. 20Ian JonesBench
  21. 21Craig DowdBench
  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.