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Full time28 May 1988
New Zealand
52–3
Wales
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1988Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 49 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox8–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox10–0
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox12–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · John Gallagher16–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan20–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan24–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan28–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan32–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright36–0
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright40–0
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Deans44–0
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Gary Whetton48–0
  16. –TNew Zealand try · Wayne Shelford52–0
  17. –PWales penalty · Mark Ring52–3

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9Bruce DeansScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Jasin GoldsmithBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Graeme BachopBench
  19. 19Mike BrewerBench
  20. 20Albert AndersonBench
  21. 21Kevin BoroevichBench

Wales

  1. 1Staff JonesProp
  2. 2Kevin PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Phil MaySecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Rowland PhillipsFlanker
  7. 7David BryantFlanker
  8. 8Paul MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Glen WebbeWing
  12. 12Mark RingCentre
  13. 13John DevereuxCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Tony ClementFull-back
  16. 16Mike HallBench
  17. 17Jonathan GriffithsBench
  18. 18Ian WatkinsBench
  19. 19Tim FauvelBench
  20. 20Kevin MoseleyBench
  21. 21Jeremy PughBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 35–3 Wales, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Wales 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.