Full time16 August 2003
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 2003Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 4 points.
Scoring
- 3’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley0–3
- 6’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett5–3
- 8’CNew Zealand conversion · Carlos Spencer7–3
- 12’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley7–6
- 22’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley7–9
- 29’TNew Zealand try · Doug Howlett12–9
- 36’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer15–9
- 49’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer18–9
- 60’PAustralia penalty · Elton Flatley18–12
- 64’PNew Zealand penalty · Carlos Spencer21–12
- 77’TAustralia try · George Smith21–17
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Dave HewettProp
- 2Keven MealamuHooker
- 3Greg SomervilleProp
- 4Chris JackSecond row
- 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
- 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
- 7Richie McCawFlanker
- 8Jerry CollinsNumber 8
- 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
- 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
- 11Josevata RokocokoWing
- 12Aaron MaugerCentre
- 13Faalogo Tana UmagaCentre
- 14Doug HowlettWing
- 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
- 16Mark HammettBench
- 17Kees MeeuwsBench
- 18Brad ThornBench
- 19Marty HolahBench
- 20Steve DevineBench
- 21Daniel CarterBench
- 22Leon MacDonaldBench
Australia
- 1Bill YoungProp
- 2Brendan CannonHooker
- 3Glenn PanohoProp
- 4David GiffinSecond row
- 5Dan VickermanSecond row
- 6George SmithFlanker
- 7Phil WaughFlanker
- 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
- 9George GreganScrum-half
- 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
- 11Lote TuqiriWing
- 12Elton FlatleyCentre
- 13Mat RogersCentre
- 14Wendell SailorWing
- 15Chris LathamFull-back
- 16Jeremy PaulBench
- 17Al BaxterBench
- 18Nathan SharpeBench
- 19Owen FineganBench
- 20Chris WhitakerBench
- 21Matt GiteauBench
- 22Matt BurkeBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, New Zealand 147–51 Australia, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
New Zealand going in
Australia going in
- Previous meeting: 26 July 2003, New Zealand 50–21 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 15 November 2003
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.