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Full time4 June 1983
New Zealand
16–12
British & Irish Lions
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1983Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Ollie Campbell0–3
  2. 11’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson3–3
  3. 20’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson6–3
  4. 22’DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Ollie Campbell6–6
  5. 38’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Ollie Campbell6–9
  6. 52’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson9–9
  7. 56’TNew Zealand try · Mark Shaw13–9
  8. 72’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Ollie Campbell13–12
  9. 93’DNew Zealand drop goal · Alan Hewson16–12

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Ian DunnFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Steve PokereCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. 16Robbie DeansBench
  17. 17Arthur StoneBench
  18. 18Andy DonaldBench
  19. 19Geoff OldBench
  20. 20Kevin BoroevichBench
  21. 21Hika ReidBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Ian StephensProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12Rob AckermanCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Gwyn EvansBench
  17. 17John RutherfordBench
  18. 18Roy LaidlawBench
  19. 19Staff JonesBench
  20. 20Colin DeansBench
  21. 21John BeattieBench

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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.