TheBreakdown
Full time23 November 2002
Wales
17–43
New Zealand
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2002Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–0
  2. 12’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–3
  3. 15’TWales try · Jamie Robinson8–3
  4. 16’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–3
  5. 18’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens10–6
  6. 44’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens10–9
  7. 60’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett10–14
  8. 61’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens10–16
  9. 64’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens10–19
  10. 80’TWales try15–19
  11. 81’CWales conversion · Iestyn Harris17–19
  12. 82’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens17–22
  13. 92’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett17–27
  14. 93’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens17–29
  15. 97’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens17–31
  16. 97’TNew Zealand try · Kees Meeuws17–36
  17. 99’TNew Zealand try · Regan King17–41
  18. 100’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens17–43

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Iestyn ThomasProp
  2. 2Robin McBrydeHooker
  3. 3Ben EvansProp
  4. 4Rob SidoliSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Dafydd JonesFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Colin CharvisNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PeelScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Sonny ParkerCentre
  13. 13Jamie RobinsonCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Rhys WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Mefin DaviesBench
  17. 17Gethin JenkinsBench
  18. 18Michael OwenBench
  19. 19Richard ParksBench
  20. 20Ryan PowellBench
  21. 21Iestyn HarrisBench
  22. 22Dafydd JamesBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Carl HaymanProp
  4. 4Keith RobinsonSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Daniel BraidFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Steve DevineScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  13. 13Regan KingCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Ben BlairFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17Kees MeeuwsBench
  18. 18Brad MikaBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Danny LeeBench
  21. 21Paul SteinmetzBench
  22. 22Mark RobinsonBench

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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

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.