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Full time9 December 1978
Scotland
9–18
New Zealand
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1978Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine2–0
  2. –TScotland try · Bruce Hay6–0
  3. –DScotland drop goal · Ian McGeechan9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brian McKechnie9–2
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brian McKechnie9–4
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie9–7
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie9–10
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Gary Seear9–14
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Robertson9–18

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Bob CunninghamProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Alistair McHargSecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Gordon DicksonFlanker
  8. 8Dave LeslieNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Ian McGeechanFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Alistair CranstonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bill GammellBench
  17. 17Richard BreakeyBench
  18. 18Dougie MorganBench
  19. 19Ken LawrieBench
  20. 20Jim AitkenBench
  21. 21Ian LambieBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Gary SeearNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Bryan WilliamsWing
  12. 12Bill OsborneCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Brian McKechnieFull-back
  16. 16Dave LoveridgeBench
  17. 17Eddie DunnBench
  18. 18Mark TaylorBench
  19. 19Johnny BlackBench
  20. 20John AshworthBench
  21. 21John FlemingBench

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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

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.