Full time11 November 1978
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1978Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick3–0
- –PWales penalty · Gareth Davies6–0
- –PWales penalty · Gareth Davies9–0
- –PWales penalty · Gareth Davies12–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie12–3
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie12–6
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Brian McKechnie12–9
- –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson12–13
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Charlie FaulknerProp
- 2Bobby WindsorHooker
- 3Graham PriceProp
- 4Allan MartinSecond row
- 5Geoff WheelSecond row
- 6Paul RingerFlanker
- 7Jeff SquireFlanker
- 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
- 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
- 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
- 11Clive ReesWing
- 12Steve FenwickCentre
- 13Ray GravellCentre
- 14JJ WilliamsWing
- 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
- 16David NicholasBench
- 17Peter MorganBench
- 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
- 19John RichardsonBench
- 20Mike WatkinsBench
- 21Gareth WilliamsBench
New Zealand
- 1Brad JohnstoneProp
- 2Andy DaltonHooker
- 3Bill BushProp
- 4Andy HadenSecond row
- 5Frank OliverSecond row
- 6Leicester RutledgeFlanker
- 7Graham MourieFlanker
- 8Gary SeearNumber 8
- 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
- 10Doug BruceFly-half
- 11Bryan WilliamsWing
- 12Bill OsborneCentre
- 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
- 14Stu WilsonWing
- 15Clive CurrieFull-back
- Brian McKechnieBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 2 December 1972, Wales 16–19 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 1 November 1980
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.