TheBreakdown
Full time10 November 1979
Scotland
6–20
New Zealand
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1979Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Richard Wilson6–2
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Richard Wilson6–4
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Dave Loveridge6–8
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Murray Mexted6–12
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson6–16
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Eddie Dunn6–20

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5David GraySecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Gordon DicksonFlanker
  8. 8Ian LambieNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12David JohnstonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Ken LawrieBench
  17. 17Jim BurnettBench
  18. 18George MackieBench
  19. 19Roy LaidlawBench
  20. 20Bryan GossmanBench
  21. 21Alistair CranstonBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3John SpiersProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5John FlemingSecond row
  6. 6Ken StewartFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Eddie DunnFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Murray TaylorCentre
  13. 13Gary CunninghamCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Richard WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark DonaldsonBench
  17. 17Tim TwigdenBench
  18. 18Alan HewsonBench
  19. 19Peter SloaneBench
  20. 20Rod KetelsBench
  21. 21Mike BurgoyneBench

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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.