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Full time30 July 1977
New Zealand
19–7
British & Irish Lions
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tour 1977Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bevan Wilson2–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson5–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bevan Wilson8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Andy Haden12–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick16–0
  6. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Bruce Robertson19–0
  7. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Andy Irvine19–3
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Willie Duggan19–7

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John McEldowneyProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Bill BushProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Laurie KnightNumber 8
  9. 9Lyn DavisScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Brian FordWing
  12. 12Bill OsborneCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Bevan WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark DonaldsonBench
  17. 17Duncan RobertsonBench
  18. 18Mark TaylorBench
  19. 19Peter SloaneBench
  20. 20Brad JohnstoneBench
  21. 21Gary SeearBench

British & Irish Lions

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