Summary of New Zealand national rugby league team test matches explained

Since the 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain, where the New Zealand side participated in the first ever rugby league test matches, the New Zealand Kiwis have participated in over 300 tests. Historically matches have been played in three or two match tours but recently one-off tests and tournaments such as the Four Nations have become more popular. New Zealand won the Tri–Nations in 2005, the World Cup in 2008 and the Four Nations in 2010 and 2014.

Test match summary

YearMatches
1907Tour of Australia and Great Britain
  • 0–1 Wales
  • 0–1 England
  • 2–1 Great Britain
  • 2–1 Australia
1908
1909Tour of Australia
  • 1–2 Australia
1910Great Britain tour of Australasia
  • 0–1 Great Britain
1911Tour of Australia
  • No tests played

Australasia tour of Great Britain[1]
Tour of Australia

  • No tests played

New South Wales in New Zealand

1912
1913Tour of Australia
  • No tests played

New South Wales in New Zealand

1914Great Britain tour of Australasia
  • 0–1 Great Britain
World War I
1919
  • 1–3 Australia

Tour of Australia

  • No tests played
1920
  • 0–3 Great Britain
1921Tour of Australia
  • No tests played

Australasia tour of Great Britain
New South Wales in New Zealand

1922
1923
1924
  • 2–1 Great Britain
1925Tour of Australia
  • No tests played

Queensland in New Zealand

1926Tour of Great Britain
  • 0–3 Great Britain
  • 0–1 Wales
1927
1928
  • 1–2 Great Britain
1929
1930Tour of Australia
  • No tests played
1931
1932
  • 0–3 Great Britain
1933
1934
1935
  • 1–2 Australia
1936
  • 0–2 Great Britain
1937
  • 1–1 Australia
1938Tour of Australia
  • No tests played
1939Tour of Great Britain and France
  • No tests played
  • Canceled
World War II
1946
  • 1–0 Great Britain
1947Tour of Great Britain and France
  • 1–0 Wales
  • 1–2 Great Britain
  • 1–1 France

Tour of Australia

  • 1–1 Australia
1948
1949
  • 1–1 Australia
1950
  • 2–0 Great Britain
1951French tour of Australasia
  • 1–0 France

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 0–3 Great Britain
  • 1–0 Wales
  • 0–2 France
1952
  • 0–1 British Empire

Tour of Australia

  • 2–1 Australia
1953
  • 2–1 Australia

American All–Stars tour

1954
  • 1–2 Great Britain
  • 0–1 Australia

Tour of France and USA
World Cup in France

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 France
  • 0–1 Australia
  • 0–1 Great Britain
1955
  • 1–1 France

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–2 Great Britain
  • 1–2 France

Tour of Australia

  • 0–3 Australia
1956
1957
  • 0–1 Great Britain/France XIII

World Cup in Australia

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 Australia
  • 0–1 France
  • 1–0 Great Britain
1958
  • 1–1 Great Britain
1959Tour of Australia
  • 1–2 Australia
1960Tour of Great Britain and France
  • 2–0 France

World Cup in Great Britain

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 Great Britain
  • 0–1 Australia
  • 1–0 France
1961
  • 1–1 Australia

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–2 Great Britain
  • 1–2–0 France
1962
  • 2–0 Great Britain
1963Tour of Australia
  • 1–2 Australia

South Africa in New Zealand

YearMatches
1964
  • 3–0 France
1965
  • 1–1 Australia

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 0–1–2 Great Britain
  • 0–3 France
19660–2 Great Britain
1967Tour of Australia
  • 0–3 Australia
1968World Cup in Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 France
  • 0–1 Australia
  • 0–1 Great Britain
1969
  • 1–1 Australia
1970
  • 0–3 Great Britain

Tour of Great Britain and France
World Cup in Great Britain

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 Australia
  • 1–0 France
  • 0–1 Great Britain
1971
  • 1–0 Australia

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 2–1 Great Britain
  • 2–1–0 France
1972Tour of Australia
  • 0–2 Australia

Tour of France and Great Britain
World Cup in France

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 France
  • 0–1 Australia
  • 0–1 Great Britain
1973France in New Zealand
  • Canceled
1974
  • 1–2 Great Britain
1975World Championship

New Zealand in the World Championship

  • 0–2 Australia
  • 1–1–0 France
  • 0–1–1 England
  • 1–0–1 Wales
1976NSW City in New Zealand
1977World Cup in Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 0–1 Australia
  • 0–1 Great Britain
  • 1–0 France
1978Tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea
  • 0–3 Australia
  • 1–0 PNG
1979
  • 1–2 Great Britain
1980
  • 0–2 Australia

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–1–1 Great Britain
  • 1–1 France
1981
  • 2–0 France
1982Tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea
  • 0–2 Australia
  • 1–0 PNG
1983
  • 1–1 Australia (75th Jubilee)
  • 1–0 PNG
1984
  • 3–0 Great Britain
1985

Tour of Great Britain and France

1986Tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea
1987France in New Zealand

Tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea

  • 1–0 PNG
  • 1–0 Australia
1988

1988 World Cup Final in New Zealand

  • 0–1 Australia
1989

Tour of Great Britain and France

1990
  • 1–2 Great Britain (WC Win)
  • 0–1 Australia (Sesquicentennial test)

Tour of Papua New Guinea

1991

Tour of Australia

1992

Great Britain tour of Australasia

  • 1–1 Great Britain
1993
  • 0–1–2 Australia

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–0 Wales
  • 0–3 Great Britain
  • 1–0 France
1994Tour of Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 PNG
1995
  • 1–1–0 France

Tour of Australia

World Cup in Great Britain

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 1–0 Tonga
  • 1–0 PNG
  • 0–1 Australia
1996
  • 2–0 PNG
  • 3–0 Great Britain
1997
YearMatches
1998

Tour of Great Britain

  • 2–1–0 Great Britain
1999

Tri–Nations in New Zealand

New Zealand at the Tri–Nations

  • 1–1 Australia
  • 1–0 Great Britain
2000

World Cup in Great Britain

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 1–0 Lebanon
  • 1–0 Cook Islands
  • 1–0 Wales
  • 1–0 France
  • 1–0 England
  • 0–1 Australia
2001
2002
  • 0–1 Australia

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–0 Wales
  • 1–1–1 Great Britain
  • 1–0 France
2003
  • 1–1 Australia (incl. 100th Test Match)
2004

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–0 France

Tri–Nations in New Zealand and Great Britain

New Zealand at the Tri–Nations

  • 0–1–1 Australia
  • 0–2 Great Britain (incl. 100th Test Match)
2005

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 1–0 France

Tri–Nations in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand at the Tri–Nations

  • 2–1 Australia
  • 1–1 Great Britain
2006

Tri–Nations in Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand at the Tri–Nations

  • 0–3 Australia
  • 2–0 Great Britain
2007

Tour of Great Britain and France

  • 0–3 Great Britain (Centenary Tour)
  • 1–0 France
2008

World Cup in Australia

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 1–1 Australia
  • 1–0 PNG
  • 2–0 England
2009

Four Nations in Great Britain and France

New Zealand at the Four Nations

  • 0–1–0 Australia
  • 1–0 France
  • 0–1 England
2010

Four Nations in Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand at the Four Nations

  • 1–0 England
  • 1–0 PNG
  • 1–1 Australia
2011

Four Nations in Great Britain

New Zealand at the Four Nations

  • 0–1 Australia
  • 0–1 England
  • 1–0 Wales
2012
2013

World Cup in Great Britain

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 1–0 Samoa
  • 1–0 France
  • 1–0 Papua New Guinea
  • 1–0 Scotland
  • 1–0 England
  • 0–1 Australia
2014

Four Nations in Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand at the Four Nations

  • 2–0 Australia
  • 1–0 Samoa
  • 1–0 England
2015

New Zealand in Great Britain

  • 1–2 England
2016

Four Nations in Great Britain

New Zealand at the Four Nations

  • 0–2 Australia
  • 1–0 England
  • 0–1–0 Scotland
2017

World Cup in Australia, New Zealand and PNG

New Zealand at the World Cup

  • 1–0 Samoa
  • 1–0 Scotland
  • 0–1 Tonga
  • 0–1 Fiji
2018
  • 0–1 England
  • 1–0 Australia

New Zealand in Great Britain

  • 1–2 England
2019Oceania Cup in Australia and New Zealand
  • 1–0 Tonga
  • 0–1 Australia

Great Britain in New Zealand and PNG

  • 2–0 Great Britain

All-time records by opponent

CountryMatchesWonDrawnLostWin%ForAgaDiff
34 3 106 % 1886 3263 –1377
1 0 0 1 % 2 26 –24
2 2 0 0 % 134 10 +124
9 1 9 % 374 342 +32
56 35 5 16 % 1067 592 +475
1 1 0 1 50% 26 22 +4
111 41 5 65 % 1622 2047 –425
/ 1 0 0 1 % 31 37 –6
1 1 0 0 % 48 10 +38
1 1 0 0 % 68 6 +62
2 2 0 0 % 98 12 +86
18 17 0 1 % 812 226 +586
Rest of the World 1 1 0 0 % 22 10 +12
5 5 0 0 % 194 50 +144
3 2 1 0 % 132 28 +104
1 0 0 1 % 3 4 –1
7 6 0 1 % 277 104 +173
10 7 0 3 % 264 158 +106
Total 383 164 15 205 % 7060 6947 +113

References

Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League

External links

Notes and References

  1. Australasian teams are not included in New Zealand test records but are included in Australian test records. These tours were managed by the New South Wales Rugby League.