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Full time2 December 1972
Wales
16–19
New Zealand
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1972Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett9–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett12–0
  5. –TWales try · John Bevan16–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam16–3
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam16–6
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam16–9
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam16–12
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam16–15
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Keith Murdoch16–19

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Glyn ShawProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Barry LlewelynProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Derek QuinnellSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11John BevanWing
  12. 12Roy BergiersCentre
  13. 13Jim ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Alex FinlaysonBench
  17. 17I LewisBench
  18. 18Clive ShellBench
  19. 19Walter WilliamsBench
  20. 20Bobby WindsorBench
  21. 21Mike RobertsBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Jeff MathesonProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Keith MurdochProp
  4. 4Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
  5. 5Pole WhitingSecond row
  6. 6Alex WyllieFlanker
  7. 7Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  8. 8Alan SutherlandNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Bob BurgessFly-half
  11. 11Grant BattyWing
  12. 12Ross ParkinsonCentre
  13. 13Duncan HalesCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Joe KaramFull-back
  16. 16Ian StevensBench
  17. 17Bruce RobertsonBench
  18. 18Mark SayersBench
  19. 19Ron UrlichBench
  20. 20Alistair ScownBench
  21. 21Graham WhitingBench

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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.