Full time3 August 2002
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head
Australia won by 2 points.
Scoring
- 17’TAustralia try · Nathan Sharpe5–0
- 37’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke8–0
- 38’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens8–3
- 45’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens8–6
- 49’TNew Zealand try · Richie McCaw8–11
- 64’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens8–14
- 73’TAustralia try · Mat Rogers13–14
- 80’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke16–14
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Bill YoungProp
- 2Jeremy PaulHooker
- 3Patricio NoriegaProp
- 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
- 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
- 6Owen FineganFlanker
- 7George SmithFlanker
- 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
- 9George GreganScrum-half
- 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
- 11Stirling MortlockWing
- 12Daniel HerbertCentre
- 13Matt BurkeCentre
- 14Ben TuneWing
- 15Chris LathamFull-back
- 16Brendan CannonBench
- 17Ben DarwinBench
- 18Matt CockbainBench
- 19David LyonsBench
- 20Chris WhitakerBench
- 21Elton FlatleyBench
- 22Mat RogersBench
New Zealand
- 1Dave HewettProp
- 2Tom WillisHooker
- 3Greg SomervilleProp
- 4Simon MalingSecond row
- 5Chris JackSecond row
- 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
- 7Richie McCawFlanker
- 8Scott RobertsonNumber 8
- 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
- 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
- 11Caleb RalphWing
- 12Aaron MaugerCentre
- 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
- 14Doug HowlettWing
- 15Christian CullenFull-back
- 16Andrew HoreBench
- 17Joe McDonnellBench
- 18Marty HolahBench
- 19Sam BroomhallBench
- 20Byron KelleherBench
- 21Daryl GibsonBench
- 22Leon MacDonaldBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Australia 51–147 New Zealand, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Australia going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 13 July 2002, Australia 6–12 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 26 July 2003
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.