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New Zealand
v England⁠

64–22

Full time

New Zealand v England finished 64–22.

New Zealand
Taine Randell 5', Christian Cullen 31', Jonah Lomu 34', Christian Cullen 36', Jeff Wilson 49', Jeff Wilson 52', Josh Kronfeld 56', Taine Randell 62', Mark Mayerhofler 80'
Date
Saturday 20 June 1998 · England in 1998
Venue
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tony Diprose (not used)
  • No. 17, Tom Beim On in the 42'
  • No. 18, Scott Benton (not used)
  • No. 19, Ben Sturnham On in the 36'
  • No. 20, Dave Sims On in the 77'
  • No. 21, Will Green On in the 11'
  • No. 22, Phil Greening (not used)

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Olo Brown Prop
  • No. 2, Anton Oliver Hooker
  • No. 3, Craig Dowd Prop
  • No. 4, Ian Jones Lock
  • No. 5, Robin Brooke Lock
  • No. 6, Michael Jones Flanker Off in the 20'
  • No. 7, Josh Kronfeld Flanker
  • No. 8, Taine Randell (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Ofisa Tonu'u Scrum Half Off in the 62'
  • No. 10, Andrew Mehrtens Fly Half
  • No. 11, Jonah Lomu Wing
  • No. 12, Walter Little Centre
  • No. 13, Mark Mayerhofler Centre
  • No. 14, Jeff Wilson Wing
  • No. 15, Christian Cullen Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Caleb Ralph (not used)
  • No. 17, Carlos Spencer (not used)
  • No. 18, Mark Robinson On in the 62'
  • No. 19, Todd Blackadder On in the 20'
  • No. 20, Mark Carter (not used)
  • No. 21, Carl Hoeft (not used)
  • No. 22, Norm Hewitt (not used)

Referee: Wayne Erickson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1991 – 1997

01 6 Dec 1997
Test matches · Second Test Twickenham, London

England 26–26 New Zealand England drew

England tries: David Rees, Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio

New Zealand tries: Walter Little, Andrew Mehrtens

Match page: England v New Zealand, 6 December 1997

03 18 Jun 1995
Rugby World Cup Newlands, Cape Town

New Zealand 45–29 England England lost

England tries: Rory Underwood 58', Will Carling 67', Will Carling 72', Rory Underwood 79'

New Zealand tries: Jonah Lomu 3', Josh Kronfeld 5', Jonah Lomu 25', Jonah Lomu 42', Graeme Bachop 51', Jonah Lomu 69'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 18 June 1995

Official meetings since 1889

England v New Zealand stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings48In our results database
England wins10England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
New Zealand wins36New Zealand victories

England have scored 700 points to New Zealand's 1096 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso

3 tries against New Zealand in matches we hold scorer data for.

New Zealand · Fixture leader

8

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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