TheBreakdown
Full time14 August 1971
New Zealand
14–14
British & Irish Lions
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1971Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Laurie Mains2–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Laurie Mains5–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Laurie Mains8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Wayne Cottrell11–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Thomas Lister14–0
  6. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Barry John14–2
  7. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Barry John14–5
  8. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Barry John14–8
  9. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Peter Dixon14–11
  10. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · JPR Williams14–14

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Jas MullerProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Ritchie GuyProp
  4. 4Pole WhitingSecond row
  5. 5Colin MeadsSecond row
  6. 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  7. 7Thomas ListerFlanker
  8. 8Alex WyllieNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne CottrellFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Philip GardCentre
  13. 13Michael DuncanCentre
  14. 14Ken CarringtonWing
  15. 15Laurie MainsFull-back
  16. 16Lyn DavisBench
  17. 17Howard JosephBench
  18. 18Ron UrlichBench
  19. 19Alan McNaughtonBench

British & Irish Lions

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

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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.