TheBreakdown
Full time28 August 1999
Australia
28–7
New Zealand
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tri Nations 1999Head-to-head

Australia won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke3–0
  2. 11’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–0
  3. 15’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens6–2
  4. 15’TNew Zealand try · Andrew Mehrtens6–7
  5. 27’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–7
  6. 29’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–7
  7. 32’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke15–7
  8. 40’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke17–7
  9. 40’TAustralia try · Mark Connors22–7
  10. 59’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke25–7
  11. 79’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke28–7

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5Mark ConnorsSecond row
  6. 6David WilsonFlanker
  7. 7Matt CockbainFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Rod KaferFly-half
  11. 11Jason LittleWing
  12. 12Daniel HerbertCentre
  13. 13Tim HoranCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Joe RoffBench
  17. 16Tiaan StraussBench
  18. 17Nathan GreyBench
  19. 18Chris WhitakerBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Patricio NoriegaBench
  22. 22Michael FoleyBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Norm MaxwellSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Dylan MikaFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  12. 12Daryl GibsonCentre
  13. 13Alama IeremiaCentre
  14. 14Christian CullenWing
  15. 15Jeff WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Jonah LomuBench
  17. 17Tony BrownBench
  18. 18Byron KelleherBench
  19. 19Royce WillisBench
  20. 20Andrew BlowersBench
  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.