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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Twickenham, London · 3 October 1991Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 6 points.Half-time 12–9 · Tries 0–1

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Tacklesmademissed
ENG6512
NZL485
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG0/03/31
NZL1/14/40
← New Zealand attack · England attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
51′New ZealandTry, Michael Jones, converted12–13
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

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51′Michael Jones
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Team stats

NZL
0%Possession100%
45Carries67
164Metres gained210
4Clean breaks6
5Defenders beaten12
75Passes88
5Offloads7
65Tackles made48
12Tackles missed5
21/26Rucks won24/32
12/18Lineouts won18/25
2/5Scrums won15/17
6/7Mauls won4/6
12Penalties conceded14
67Kicks from hand58
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · NZL conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Paul AckfordSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Mike TeagueFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Chris OtiWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Rory UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16Simon HallidayBench
  17. 17David PearsBench
  18. 18Dewi MorrisBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20John OlverBench
  21. 21Micky SkinnerBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11John TimuWing
  12. 12Bernie McCahillCentre
  13. 13Craig InnesCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Terry WrightFull-back
  16. 16Andy EarlBench
  17. 17Shayne PhilpottBench
  18. 18Walter LittleBench
  19. 19Jon PrestonBench
  20. 20Graham PurvisBench
  21. 21Graham DowdBench

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Context

All-time, England 9–37 New Zealand, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.