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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 6 June 1987Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 27 points.Half-time 9–3 · Tries 2–0

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5170
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL3116
SCO5830
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL2/26/60
SCO0/01/10
← 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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  • 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
51′New ZealandTry, Alan Whetton, converted13–3
70′New ZealandTry, John Gallagher, converted28–3
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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51′Alan Whetton70′John Gallagher
NZL

Team stats

SCO
100%Possession0%
104Carries64
478Metres gained177
13Clean breaks3
30Defenders beaten16
94Passes73
17Offloads8
31Tackles made58
16Tackles missed30
41/45Rucks won20/24
22/26Lineouts won20/23
13/14Scrums won12/13
6/6Mauls won6/6
14Penalties conceded14
49Kicks from hand50
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 2/2, penalties 6/6 · SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. 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. 4Murray PierceSecond 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. 16Bernie McCahillBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Bruce DeansBench
  19. 19Zinzan BrookeBench
  20. 20Richard LoeBench
  21. 21Andy DaltonBench

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Derek WhiteSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6Derek TurnbullFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Doug WyllieFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Alan TaitCentre
  14. 14Matt DuncanWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Gary CallanderBench
  17. 17Alex BrewsterBench
  18. 18Jeremy Campbell-LamertonBench
  19. 19Greig OliverBench
  20. 20Richard CrambBench
  21. 21Peter 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.