TheBreakdown
Full time22 June 1996
New Zealand
36–12
Scotland
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1996Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens8–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens11–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try16–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke21–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Josh Kronfeld26–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Josh Kronfeld31–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Michael Jones36–0
  11. –CScotland conversion · Rowan Shepherd36–2
  12. –TScotland try · Rowan Shepherd36–7
  13. –TScotland try · Eric Peters36–12

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Michael JonesFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Eric RushWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Adrian CashmoreBench
  17. 17Scott McLeodBench
  18. 18Jon PrestonBench
  19. 19Blair LarsenBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Norm HewittBench

Scotland

  1. 1David HiltonProp
  2. 2Kevin McKenzieHooker
  3. 3Barry StewartProp
  4. 4Damian CroninSecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Rob WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Ian SmithFlanker
  8. 8Eric PetersNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Ian JardineCentre
  13. 13Scott HastingsCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Rowan ShepherdFull-back
  16. 16Derek StarkBench
  17. 17Craig ChalmersBench
  18. 18Andy NicolBench
  19. 19Scott MurrayBench
  20. 20Tom SmithBench
  21. 21Graham EllisBench

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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.