History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Wales explained

The New Zealand national rugby union team (also known as the All Blacks) has played 37 matches against Wales, winning 34 of them. The first Test match between the two sides was played in 1905 at Cardiff Arms Park, with Wales winning 3–0, when the All Blacks were in Wales during the historic 1905–1906 All Blacks tour in Europe and North America. The loss was said to be controversial, as All Blacks wing Bob Deans claimed to have scored a try that would have brought them level. However, Wales were generally considered the better team with the All Blacks playing particularly poorly in the first half of the game. Two more Welsh victories in the next 50 years were balanced by a defeat by the 1924 All Black "Invincibles". Since the last loss (19 December 1953) New Zealand have won 33 consecutive encounters and Wales winning 0. Wales also played the touring New Zealand Natives team at St Helens on 22 December 1888 defeating them by 1 Goal to nil and the New Zealand Services at Cardiff on 21 April 1919, with Wales losing 6–3. Wales has accorded both of these matches 'test' status but neither game is considered to be an official test by New Zealand. Wales has also played the New Zealand Maori in Cardiff on 13 November 1982 defeating them 25–19. Neither country accorded that game test status.

Summary

Overview

Details	Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by Wales	Drawn	New Zealand points	Wales points
In Wales	22	19	3	0	596	259
In New Zealand	10	10	0	0	405	95
Neutral venue	5	5	0	0	218	76
Overall	37	34	3	0	1,219	430

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	New Zealand	Wales
Longest winning streak	33 (21 December 1963 – present)	2 (21 December 1935 – 20 December 1963)
Largest points for
Home	55 (23 June 2003)	25 (27 November 2010)
Away	55 (5 November 2022)	37 (2 November 2003)
Largest winning margin
Home	52 (23 June 2003)	5 (19 December 1953)
Away	38 (5 November 2005; 30 October 2021)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	16 December 1905		3–0		The Original All Blacks
2	29 November 1924		0–19
3	21 December 1935	National Stadium, Cardiff	13–12
4	19 December 1953	National Stadium, Cardiff	13–8
5	21 December 1963	National Stadium, Cardiff	0–6
6	11 November 1967	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–13
7	31 May 1969		19–0
8	14 June 1969		33–12
9	2 December 1972	National Stadium, Cardiff	16–19
10	11 November 1978	National Stadium, Cardiff	12–13
11	1 November 1980	National Stadium, Cardiff	3–23
12	14 June 1987	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane (Australia)	49–6		1987 Rugby World Cup
13	28 May 1988	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	52–3
14	11 June 1988	Eden Park, Auckland	54–9
15	4 November 1989	National Stadium, Cardiff	9–34
16	31 May 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg (South Africa)	34–9		1995 Rugby World Cup
17	29 November 1997	Wembley Stadium, London (England)	7–42
18	23 November 2002	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	17–43
19	21 June 2003	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	55–3
20	2 November 2003	Stadium Australia, Sydney (Australia)	53–37		2003 Rugby World Cup
21	20 November 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–26
22	5 November 2005	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	3–41
23	25 November 2006	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	10–45
24	22 November 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–29
25	7 November 2009	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–19
26	19 June 2010	Carisbrook, Dunedin	42–9
27	26 June 2010	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	29–10
28	27 November 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–37
29	24 November 2012	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	10–33
30	22 November 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–34
31	11 June 2016	Eden Park, Auckland	39–21		2016 Wales tour of New Zealand
32	18 June 2016	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	36–22
33	25 June 2016	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	46–6
34	25 November 2017	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	18–33
35	1 November 2019	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu (Japan)	40–17		2019 Rugby World Cup
36	30 October 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–54		2021 Autumn International
37	5 November 2022	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–55		2022 Autumn International

List of series

Year	New Zealand	Wales	Series winner
1969	2	0
1988	2	0
2010	2	0
2016	3	0