Full time16 December 1972
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1972Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine3–0
- –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–0
- –DScotland drop goal · Ian McGeechan9–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Joe Karam9–2
- –TNew Zealand try · Alex Wyllie9–6
- –TNew Zealand try · Grant Batty9–10
- –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going9–14
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Robert ClarkHooker
- 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
- 4Alistair McHargSecond row
- 5Gordon BrownSecond row
- 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
- 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
- 8Peter BrownNumber 8
- 9Ian McCraeScrum-half
- 10Ian McGeechanFly-half
- 11David SheddenWing
- 12Jim RenwickCentre
- 13Ian ForsythCentre
- 14Billy SteeleWing
- 15Andy IrvineFull-back
- 16Arthur TurkBench
- 17Alistair CranstonBench
- 18Alan LawsonBench
- 19Duncan MadsenBench
- 20Robert BryceBench
- 21Wilson LauderBench
New Zealand
- 1Jeff MathesonProp
- 2Tane NortonHooker
- 3Graham WhitingProp
- 4Pole WhitingSecond row
- 5Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
- 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
- 7Alex WyllieFlanker
- 8Alistair ScownNumber 8
- 9Sid GoingScrum-half
- 10Ian StevensFly-half
- 11Grant BattyWing
- 12Ross ParkinsonCentre
- 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
- 14Bryan WilliamsWing
- 15Joe KaramFull-back
- 16Duncan HalesBench
- 18Lin CollingBench
- 19Ron UrlichBench
- 20Kent LambertBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 1–31 New Zealand, 2 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 2 December 1967, Scotland 3–14 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 14 June 1975
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.