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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 27 May 1987Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 61 points.Half-time 40–3 · Tries 12–1

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL194
FIJ8545
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL10/102/20
FIJ0/03/30
← Fiji 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
2′New ZealandTry, Craig Green, converted4–0
8′New ZealandTry, John Gallagher10–0
13′New ZealandTry, Craig Green, converted14–0
28′New ZealandTry, Craig Green, converted26–3
35′New ZealandTry, David Kirk, converted32–3
41′New ZealandTry, Craig Green, converted38–3
45′New ZealandTry, John Kirwan, converted44–3
51′New ZealandTry, converted50–6
61′New ZealandTry, John Gallagher, converted56–6
63′New ZealandTry, John Gallagher, converted62–6
73′New ZealandTry, Alan Whetton68–9
77′New ZealandTry, John Gallagher, converted72–9
80′FijiTry, Jioji Cama74–13
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.

Score progression

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020406080HT0′20′40′60′80′
2′Craig Green8′John Gallagher13′Craig Green28′Craig Green35′David Kirk41′Craig Green45′John Kirwan51′NZL61′John Gallagher63′John Gallagher73′Alan Whetton77′John Gallagher80′Jioji Cama
NZL

Team stats

FIJ
92%Possession8%
120Carries33
772Metres gained102
25Clean breaks3
45Defenders beaten4
170Passes68
18Offloads5
19Tackles made85
4Tackles missed45
27/33Rucks won7/8
14/17Lineouts won10/18
11/11Scrums won6/7
15/17Mauls won2/2
8Penalties conceded10
36Kicks from hand35
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 10/10, penalties 2/2 · FIJ conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3John DrakeProp
  4. 4Albert AndersonSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Kieran CrowleyBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Bruce DeansBench
  19. 19Mark Brooke-CowdenBench
  20. 20Andy EarlBench
  21. 21Richard LoeBench

Fiji

  1. 1Mosese TagaProp
  2. 2Epeli RakaiHooker
  3. 3Peni VolavolaProp
  4. 4Jioji CamaSecond row
  5. 5Ilaitia SavaiSecond row
  6. 6Livai KididromoFlanker
  7. 7Samu VunivaluFlanker
  8. 8Koli RakoroiNumber 8
  9. 9Paula NawaluScrum-half
  10. 10Elia RokowailoaFly-half
  11. 11Tomasi CamaWing
  12. 12Jone KubuCentre
  13. 13Sirilo LovokuruCentre
  14. 14Serupepeli TuvulaWing
  15. 15Severo KoroduaduaFull-back
  16. 16Epineri NaitukuBench
  17. 17Tom MitchellBench
  18. 18Kavekini NalagaBench
  19. 19Salacieli NaivilawasaBench
  20. 20Sairusi NaitukuBench
  21. 21Manasa QoroBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 13–0 Fiji in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Fiji 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.