TheBreakdown
Full time29 November 1997
Wales
7–42
New Zealand
Wembley Stadium, London, England · Tour 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins2–0
  2. –TWales try · Nigel Walker7–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens7–2
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens7–4
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens7–6
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens7–8
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens7–11
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens7–14
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen7–19
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen7–24
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Christian Cullen7–29
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall7–34
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Taine Randell7–39
  14. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Zinzan Brooke7–42

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Barry WilliamsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mike VoyleSecond row
  6. 6Rob AppleyardFlanker
  7. 7Gwyn JonesFlanker
  8. 8Nathan ThomasNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Nigel WalkerWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Gareth ThomasWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Leigh DaviesBench
  17. 17Arwel ThomasBench
  18. 18Paul JohnBench
  19. 19Steve WilliamsBench
  20. 20Spencer JohnBench
  21. 21Jonathan HumphreysBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Norm HewittHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Scott McLeodBench
  17. 17Jon PrestonBench
  18. 18Andrew BlowersBench
  19. 19Charles RiechelmannBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Sean FitzpatrickBench

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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.