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Full time13 July 2002
New Zealand
12–6
Australia
Jade Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–0
  2. 34’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens6–0
  3. 40’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–3
  4. 49’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens9–3
  5. 54’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–6
  6. 64’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens12–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Mark HammettHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Simon MalingSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Scott RobertsonNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Caleb RalphWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Mark RobinsonCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Tom WillisBench
  17. 17Joe McDonnellBench
  18. 18Sam BroomhallBench
  19. 19Royce WillisBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Daryl GibsonBench
  22. 22Ben BlairBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Stirling MortlockWing
  12. 12Daniel HerbertCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Matt CockbainBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Mat RogersBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 147–51 Australia, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Australia 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.