TheBreakdown
Full time26 July 2003
Australia
21–50
New Zealand
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 2003Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 29 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TAustralia try · Matt Burke5–0
  2. 10’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer5–3
  3. 22’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko5–8
  4. 25’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke8–8
  5. 34’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer8–10
  6. 34’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett8–15
  7. 36’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko8–20
  8. 40’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke11–20
  9. 41’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer11–23
  10. 46’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer11–26
  11. 50’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer11–28
  12. 50’TNew Zealand try · Faalogo Tana Umaga11–33
  13. 57’TNew Zealand try · Daniel Carter11–38
  14. 59’TAustralia try · Wendell Sailor16–38
  15. 71’TNew Zealand try · Josevata Rokocoko16–43
  16. 78’TAustralia try · Mat Rogers21–43
  17. 80’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter21–45
  18. 80’TNew Zealand try · Aaron Mauger21–50

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Mat RogersCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Nathan SharpeBench
  19. 19Owen FineganBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Steve KefuBench
  22. 22Chris LathamBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Jerry CollinsNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Kees MeeuwsBench
  18. 18Brad ThornBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Steve DevineBench
  21. 21Daniel CarterBench
  22. 22Caleb RalphBench

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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

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.