TheBreakdown
Full time4 November 1989
Wales
9–34
New Zealand
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1989Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox9–2
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox9–4
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox9–6
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–9
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–12
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–15
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox9–18
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Craig Innes9–22
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Craig Innes9–26
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright9–30
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Graeme Bachop9–34

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Kevin PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Phil DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Phil PughFlanker
  7. 7Gary JonesFlanker
  8. 8Mark JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Tony ClementFly-half
  11. 11Arthur EmyrWing
  12. 12David EvansCentre
  13. 13Mark RingCentre
  14. 14Mike HallWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Carwyn DaviesBench
  17. 17Mike RayerBench
  18. 18Andy BoothBench
  19. 19Ian WatkinsBench
  20. 20Richie CollinsBench
  21. 21Huw Williams-JonesBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Andy EarlFlanker
  7. 7Mike BrewerFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12John SchusterCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14Craig InnesWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Bruce DeansBench
  17. 17Walter LittleBench
  18. 18John TimuBench
  19. 19Warren GatlandBench
  20. 20Graham PurvisBench
  21. 21Zinzan BrookeBench

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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.