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Full time12 November 1983
Scotland
25–25
New Zealand
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1983Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. 6’DScotland drop goal · John Rutherford3–0
  2. 8’PNew Zealand penalty · Robbie Deans3–3
  3. 10’DScotland drop goal · John Rutherford6–3
  4. 13’TNew Zealand try · Jock Hobbs6–7
  5. 21’CNew Zealand conversion · Robbie Deans6–9
  6. 21’TNew Zealand try · Bernie Fraser6–13
  7. 25’PScotland penalty · Peter Dods9–13
  8. 27’PNew Zealand penalty · Robbie Deans9–16
  9. 30’PScotland penalty · Peter Dods12–16
  10. 37’PScotland penalty · Peter Dods15–16
  11. 44’CNew Zealand conversion · Robbie Deans15–18
  12. 44’TNew Zealand try · Bernie Fraser15–22
  13. 50’PScotland penalty · Peter Dods18–22
  14. 62’PScotland penalty · Peter Dods21–22
  15. 74’PNew Zealand penalty · Robbie Deans21–25
  16. 77’TScotland try · Jim Pollock25–25

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Jim AitkenProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  5. 5Tom SmithSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7John BeattieFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12David JohnstonCentre
  13. 13Alex KennedyCentre
  14. 14Jim PollockWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
  17. 17Bob CunninghamBench
  18. 18Derek WhiteBench
  19. 19Gordon HunterBench
  20. 20CW GassBench
  21. 21Rick GordonBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brian McGrattanProp
  2. 2Hika ReidHooker
  3. 3Scott CrichtonProp
  4. 4Garry BraidSecond row
  5. 5Albert AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Jock HobbsFlanker
  7. 7Mark ShawFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Andy DonaldScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne SmithFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Steve PokereCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Robbie DeansFull-back
  16. 16Kieran CrowleyBench
  17. 17Craig GreenBench
  18. 18David KirkBench
  19. 19Geoff OldBench
  20. 20Kevin BoroevichBench
  21. 21Brett WilsonBench

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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.