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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal · 15 November 2003Head-to-head
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Australia won by 12 points.Half-time 7–13 · Tries 1–1

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1136
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Tacklesmademissed
NZL16232
AUS16322
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL1/11/10
AUS1/15/50
← Australia 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
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  • 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
11′AustraliaTry, Stirling Mortlock, converted0–5
36′New ZealandTry, Reuben Thorne, converted5–13
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
11′Stirling Mortlock36′Reuben Thorne
NZL

Team stats

AUS
50%Possession50%
132Carries128
443Metres gained551
4Clean breaks9
22Defenders beaten32
169Passes192
11Offloads9
162Tackles made163
32Tackles missed22
92/95Rucks won102/106
10/14Lineouts won12/16
7/7Scrums won11/11
2/3Mauls won2/2
9Turnovers won11
13Penalties conceded11
13Kicks from hand15
479Kick metres498
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · AUS conversions 1/1, penalties 5/5. 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. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Jerry CollinsNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Carlos SpencerFly-half
  11. 11Josevata RokocokoWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Leon MacDonaldCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Mils MuliainaFull-back
  16. 16Mark HammettBench
  17. 17Kees MeeuwsBench
  18. 18Brad ThornBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Daniel CarterBench
  22. 22Caleb RalphBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Ben DarwinProp
  4. 4Justin HarrisonSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Mat RogersFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18David GiffinBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Nathan GreyBench
  22. 22Joe RoffBench

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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

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.