Full time18 June 1983
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1983Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 9 points.
Scoring
- 17’CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson2–0
- 17’TNew Zealand try · Dave Loveridge6–0
- 71’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson9–0
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1John AshworthProp
- 2Andy DaltonHooker
- 3Gary KnightProp
- 4Andy HadenSecond row
- 5Gary WhettonSecond row
- 6Mark ShawFlanker
- 7Jock HobbsFlanker
- 8Murray MextedNumber 8
- 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
- 10Wayne SmithFly-half
- 11Bernie FraserWing
- 12Warwick TaylorCentre
- 13Steve PokereCentre
- 14Stu WilsonWing
- 15Alan HewsonFull-back
- 16Robbie DeansBench
- 17Arthur StoneBench
- 18Andy DonaldBench
- 19Geoff OldBench
- 20Kevin BoroevichBench
- 21Hika ReidBench
British & Irish Lions
- 1Staff JonesProp
- 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
- 3Graham PriceProp
- 4Maurice ColcloughSecond row
- 5Bob NorsterSecond row
- 6John O'DriscollFlanker
- 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
- 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
- 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
- 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
- 11Roger BairdWing
- 12Michael KiernanCentre
- 13David IrwinCentre
- 14John CarletonWing
- 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
- 16Gwyn EvansBench
- 17John RutherfordBench
- 18Nigel MelvilleBench
- 19Iain MilneBench
- 20Colin DeansBench
- 21John BeattieBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 4 June 1983, New Zealand 16–12 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 2 July 1983
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.