TheBreakdown
Full time18 June 1977
New Zealand
16–12
British & Irish Lions
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1977Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bryan Williams2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bryan Williams4–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · Grant Batty8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going12–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Brad Johnstone16–0
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Andy Irvine16–3
  7. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett16–6
  8. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett16–9
  9. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett16–12

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Kent LambertProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Kevin EveleighFlanker
  7. 7Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  8. 8Laurie KnightNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Duncan RobertsonFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Bill OsborneCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Grant BattyWing
  15. 15Colin FarrellFull-back
  16. 16Lyn DavisBench
  17. 17Doug BruceBench
  18. 18Mark TaylorBench
  19. 19Peter SloaneBench
  20. 20Bill BushBench
  21. 21Gary SeearBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Terry CobnerFlanker
  7. 7Trevor EvansFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Brynmor WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11Peter SquiresWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Steve FenwickCentre
  14. 14JJ WilliamsWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bruce HayBench
  17. 17Gareth EvansBench
  18. 18Dougie MorganBench
  19. 19Fran CottonBench
  20. 20Peter WheelerBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

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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.