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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff · 30 October 1991Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 7 points.Half-time 6–3 · Tries 1–0

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Tacklesmademissed
NZL4812
SCO7028
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL0/13/60
SCO0/02/30
← Scotland attack · New Zealand 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
79′New ZealandTry, Walter Little, conversion missed13–6
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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79′Walter Little
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Team stats

SCO
100%Possession0%
119Carries81
507Metres gained301
25Clean breaks6
28Defenders beaten12
131Passes81
13Offloads5
48Tackles made70
12Tackles missed28
49/54Rucks won22/29
17/25Lineouts won13/18
14/14Scrums won14/17
9/9Mauls won11/13
13Penalties conceded12
34Kicks from hand56
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 0/1, penalties 3/6 · SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 2/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Andy EarlFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Jon PrestonFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Craig InnesCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Terry WrightFull-back
  16. 16Shayne PhilpottBench

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2John AllanHooker
  3. 3Paul BurnellProp
  4. 4Chris GraySecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8Derek WhiteNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Sean LineenCentre
  13. 13Scott HastingsCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Peter DodsBench

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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.