TheBreakdown
Full time10 July 1971
New Zealand
22–12
British & Irish Lions
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1971Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Laurie Mains2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Laurie Mains4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Laurie Mains7–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try10–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Bob Burgess13–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Bob Burgess16–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going19–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick22–0
  9. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Barry John22–3
  10. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gerald Davies22–6
  11. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gerald Davies22–9
  12. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Barry John22–12

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Jas MullerProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Ritchie GuyProp
  4. 4Colin MeadsSecond row
  5. 5Pole WhitingSecond row
  6. 6Alan McNaughtonFlanker
  7. 7Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  8. 8Alex WyllieNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Bob BurgessFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Wayne CottrellCentre
  13. 13Howard JosephCentre
  14. 14Bruce HunterWing
  15. 15Laurie MainsFull-back
  16. 16Lyn DavisBench
  17. 17Ken CarringtonBench
  18. 18GWJ WrightBench
  19. 19Thomas ListerBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Sean LynchProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Ian McLauchlanProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Delme ThomasSecond row
  6. 6John TaylorFlanker
  7. 7Peter DixonFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12John DawesCentre
  13. 13Mike GibsonCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Arthur LewisBench
  17. 17Ray HopkinsBench
  18. 18Frank LaidlawBench
  19. 19Gordon BrownBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 30–7 British & Irish Lions, 4 drawn in 41 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
British & Irish Lions 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.