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New Zealand
v England⁠

40–10

Full time

New Zealand v England finished 40–10.

New Zealand
Jeff Wilson 5', Mark Mayerhofler 17', Jeff Wilson 57', Joeli Vidiri 57', Isitolo Maka 71', Taine Randell 78'
Date
Saturday 27 June 1998 · England in 1998
Venue
Eden Park, Auckland
Competition
Test matches · Second Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tim Stimpson On in the 28'
  • No. 17, Steve Ravenscroft On in the 68'
  • No. 18, Scott Benton (not used)
  • No. 19, Steve Ojomoh (not used)
  • No. 20, Ben Sturnham On in the 16'
  • No. 21, Will Green (not used)
  • No. 22, Phil Greening On in the 71'

New Zealand

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Craig Dowd Prop Off in the 5'
  • No. 2, Anton Oliver Hooker Off in the 68'
  • No. 3, Olo Brown Prop
  • No. 4, Ian Jones Lock Off in the 61'
  • No. 5, Robin Brooke Lock
  • No. 6, Todd Blackadder Flanker Off in the 49'
  • No. 7, Josh Kronfeld Flanker
  • No. 8, Taine Randell (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Ofisa Tonu'u Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Andrew Mehrtens Fly Half
  • No. 11, Jonah Lomu Wing Off in the 58'
  • No. 12, Mark Mayerhofler Centre Off in the 40'
  • No. 13, Caleb Ralph Centre
  • No. 14, Jeff Wilson Wing
  • No. 15, Christian Cullen Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Joeli Vidiri On in the 58'
  • No. 17, Carlos Spencer On in the 40'
  • No. 18, Mark Robinson (not used)
  • No. 19, Isitolo Maka On in the 49'
  • No. 20, Mark Carter On in the 61'
  • No. 21, Carl Hoeft On in the 5'
  • No. 22, Norm Hewitt On in the 40'

Referee: Peter Marshall. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1993 – 1998

01 20 Jun 1998
Test matches · First Test Carisbrook, Dunedin

New Zealand 64–22 England England lost

England tries: Richard Cockerill 39', Matt Dawson 72', Tom Beim 76'

New Zealand tries: 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'

Match page: New Zealand v England, 20 June 1998

02 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

04 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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