Full time5 January 1946
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1945Head-to-head
A draw.
Line-ups
Wales
- 9W DarchScrum-half
- 10Billy CleaverFly-half
- 11Glyn JonesWing
- 12Les WilliamsCentre
- 13Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 14Graham HaleWing
- 15Lloyd DaviesFull-back
- WG JonesForward
- Griff BevanForward
- Gomer HughesForward
- Rees StephensForward
- Leslie ThomasForward
- Morlais ThomasForward
- Bunner TraversForward
- Les ManfieldForward
New Zealand
- 9Charlie SaxtonScrum-half
- 10Fred AllenFly-half
- 11I ProctorWing
- 12Wally ArgusCentre
- 13Johnny SmithCentre
- 14JR SherrattWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
- Neil McPhailForward
- FM HaighForward
- Jack FinlayForward
- Johnny SimpsonForward
- Keith ArnoldForward
- SL YoungForward
- Pat RhindForward
- Kiwi BlakeForward
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Wales 3–35 New Zealand, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 21 December 1935, Wales 13–12 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 19 December 1953
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.