Full time31 July 1971
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1971Head-to-head
British & Irish Lions won by 10 points.
Scoring
- –TNew Zealand try · Laurie Mains3–0
- –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Barry John3–2
- –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Barry John3–4
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gerald Davies3–7
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Barry John3–10
- –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Barry John3–13
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Jas MullerProp
- 2Tane NortonHooker
- 3Ritchie GuyProp
- 4Brian LochoreSecond row
- 5Colin MeadsSecond row
- 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
- 7Alan McNaughtonFlanker
- 8Alex WyllieNumber 8
- 9Sid GoingScrum-half
- 10Bob BurgessFly-half
- 11Ken CarringtonWing
- 12Wayne CottrellCentre
- 13Howard JosephCentre
- 14Bruce HunterWing
- 15Laurie MainsFull-back
- 16Lyn DavisBench
- 17Michael DuncanBench
- 18Ron UrlichBench
- 19Thomas ListerBench
British & Irish Lions
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2John PullinHooker
- 3Sean LynchProp
- 4Gordon BrownSecond row
- 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 6Derek QuinnellFlanker
- 7John TaylorFlanker
- 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
- 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
- 10Barry JohnFly-half
- 11David DuckhamWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13John DawesCentre
- 14Gerald DaviesWing
- 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
- 16John BevanBench
- 17Ray HopkinsBench
- 18Frank LaidlawBench
- 19Geoff EvansBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 10 July 1971, New Zealand 22–12 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 14 August 1971
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.