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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Ellis Park, Johannesburg · 31 May 1995Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 25 points.Half-time 20–6 · Tries 3–0

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203772
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL3711
WAL5821
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL2/34/61
WAL0/02/41
← Wales attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
20′New ZealandTry, Walter Little, converted8–3
37′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted18–3
72′New ZealandTry, Josh Kronfeld, conversion missed34–9
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
20′Walter Little37′Marc Ellis72′Josh Kronfeld
NZL

Team stats

WAL
100%Possession0%
72Carries51
429Metres gained236
12Clean breaks2
21Defenders beaten11
98Passes52
11Offloads7
37Tackles made58
11Tackles missed21
34/40Rucks won15/21
15/18Lineouts won15/18
7/7Scrums won10/10
7/7Mauls won8/9
9Penalties conceded9
41Kicks from hand46
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 2/3, penalties 4/6 · WAL conversions 0/0, penalties 2/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Olo BrownProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Craig DowdProp
  4. 4Blair LarsenSecond row
  5. 5Ian JonesSecond row
  6. 6Jamie JosephFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Mike BrewerNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Marc EllisWing
  15. 15Glen OsborneFull-back
  16. 16Eric RushBench
  17. 17Simon CulhaneBench
  18. 18Ant StrachanBench
  19. 19Norm HewittBench
  20. 20Richard LoeBench
  21. 21Kevin SchulerBench

Wales

  1. 1Ricky EvansProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Derwyn JonesSecond row
  5. 5Greg ProsserSecond row
  6. 6Gareth LlewellynFlanker
  7. 7Mark BennettFlanker
  8. 8Hemi TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Wayne ProctorWing
  12. 12Gareth ThomasCentre
  13. 13Mike HallCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Tony ClementFull-back
  16. 16Steve FordBench
  17. 17David EvansBench
  18. 18Andy MooreBench
  19. 19Emyr LewisBench
  20. 20Mike GriffithsBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

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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.