TheBreakdown
Full time11 June 1988
New Zealand
54–9
Wales
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1988Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 45 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. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox14–0
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox16–0
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox19–0
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox22–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan26–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan30–0
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Warwick Taylor34–0
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright38–0
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright42–0
  16. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Deans46–0
  17. –TNew Zealand try · Steve McDowall50–0
  18. –TNew Zealand try · Michael Jones54–0
  19. –CWales conversion · Mark Ring54–2
  20. –PWales penalty · Mark Ring54–5
  21. –TWales try · Jonathan Davies54–9

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. 2Ian WatkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Phil MaySecond row
  5. 5Kevin MoseleySecond row
  6. 6Gary JonesFlanker
  7. 7David BryantFlanker
  8. 8Rowland PhillipsNumber 8
  9. 9Jonathan GriffithsScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Mike HallWing
  12. 12John DevereuxCentre
  13. 13Nigel DaviesCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Mark RingFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan MasonBench
  17. 17Steve BowlingBench
  18. 18Robert JonesBench
  19. 19Mark JonesBench
  20. 20Mark PughBench
  21. 21Kevin PhillipsBench

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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.