TheBreakdown
Full time5 August 2000
New Zealand
23–24
Australia
Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2000Head-to-head

Australia won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 3’CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock0–2
  2. 3’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock0–7
  3. 16’TAustralia try · Joe Roff0–12
  4. 19’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens2–12
  5. 19’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen7–12
  6. 24’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens9–12
  7. 24’TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen14–12
  8. 26’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock14–15
  9. 39’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens17–15
  10. 40’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock17–18
  11. 41’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens20–18
  12. 62’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens23–18
  13. 64’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock23–21
  14. 81’PAustralia penalty · John Eales23–24

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Kees MeeuwsProp
  4. 4Todd BlackadderSecond row
  5. 5Norm MaxwellSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Ron CribbNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Pita AlatiniCentre
  13. 13Alama IeremiaCentre
  14. 14Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Leon MacDonaldBench
  17. 17Tony BrownBench
  18. 18Byron KelleherBench
  19. 19Reuben ThorneBench
  20. 20Troy FlavellBench
  21. 21Craig DowdBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Fletcher DysonProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Toutai KefuFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Jim WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Jason LittleCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Stirling MortlockWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Ben TuneBench
  17. 17Rod KaferBench
  18. 18Sam CordingleyBench
  19. 19Mark ConnorsBench
  20. 20Matt CockbainBench
  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.