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Full time9 July 1977
New Zealand
9–13
British & Irish Lions
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1977Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams3–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams6–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bryan Williams9–0
  4. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett9–3
  5. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett9–6
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Phil Bennett9–9
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · JJ Williams9–13

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Bill BushProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  7. 7Kevin EveleighFlanker
  8. 8Laurie KnightNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Mark TaylorWing
  12. 12Lyn JaffrayCentre
  13. 13Bill OsborneCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Colin FarrellFull-back
  16. 16Lyn DavisBench
  17. 17Duncan RobertsonBench
  18. 19Peter SloaneBench
  19. 20John McEldowneyBench
  20. 21Gary SeearBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Derek QuinnellFlanker
  7. 7Terry CobnerFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Brynmor WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11Gareth EvansWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ian McGeechanCentre
  14. 14JJ WilliamsWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bruce HayBench
  17. 17Peter SquiresBench
  18. 18Dougie MorganBench
  19. 19Phil OrrBench
  20. 20Bobby WindsorBench
  21. 21Jeff SquireBench

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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.