TheBreakdown
Full time20 June 1981
New Zealand
40–15
Scotland
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1981Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson8–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson10–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson12–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Hewson16–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson20–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Hewson24–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson28–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson32–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Robertson36–0
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Graham Mourie40–0
  14. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine40–2
  15. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine40–5
  16. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine40–8
  17. –TScotland try · Bruce Hay40–12
  18. –DScotland drop goal · Jim Renwick40–15

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Rod KetelsProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Haydn RickitSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Doug RollersonFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Bruce RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Andy JefferdCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark DonaldsonBench
  17. 17Hika ReidBench
  18. 18Murray TaylorBench
  19. 19Brad JohnstoneBench
  20. 20Freddy WoodmanBench
  21. 21Geoff HinesBench

Scotland

  1. 1Iain MilneProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Jim AitkenProp
  4. 4Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6Dave LeslieFlanker
  7. 7Jim CalderFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Jim RenwickCentre
  13. 13Alistair CranstonCentre
  14. 14Steve MunroWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Peter DodsBench
  17. 17Ronald WilsonBench
  18. 18Alan LawsonBench
  19. 19Ken LawrieBench
  20. 20Gerry McGuinnessBench
  21. 21Tom SmithBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 31–1 Scotland, 2 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Scotland 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.