History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Wales

The New Zealand national rugby union team (also known as the All Blacks) has played 35 matches against Wales, winning 32 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 31 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	21	18	3	0	529	227
In New Zealand	10	10	0	0	405	95
Neutral venue	4	4	0	0	176	69
Overall	35	32	3	0	1110	391

Records

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

Record	New Zealand	Wales
Longest winning streak	31 (21 Dec 1963–present)	2 (21 Dec 1935–20 Dec 1963)
Largest points for
Home	55 (23 June 2003)	25 (27 November 2010)
Away	53 (2 November 2003)	37 (2 November 2003)
Largest winning margin
Home	52 (23 June 2003)	5 (19 December 1953)
Away	38 (5 November 2005)	n/a

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Match reports
1	16 December 1905	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	3–0	Wales	The Original All Blacks
2	29 November 1924	St Helen's, Swansea	0–19	New Zealand	1924-25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
3	21 December 1935	National Stadium, Cardiff	13–12	Wales	1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada
4	19 December 1953	National Stadium, Cardiff	13–8	Wales	1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
5	21 December 1963	National Stadium, Cardiff	0–6	New Zealand	1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
6	11 November 1967	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–13	New Zealand	1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada
7	31 May 1969	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	19–0	New Zealand	1969 Wales rugby union tour of Oceania
8	14 June 1969	Eden Park, Auckland	33–12	New Zealand
9	2 December 1972	National Stadium, Cardiff	16–19	New Zealand	1972-73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
10	11 November 1978	National Stadium, Cardiff	12–13	New Zealand	1978 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
11	1 November 1980	National Stadium, Cardiff	3–23	New Zealand	1980 New Zealand rugby union tour of North America and Wales
12	14 June 1987	Ballymore, Brisbane, Australia	49–6	New Zealand	1987 Rugby World Cup
13	28 May 1988	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	52–3	New Zealand	1988 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand
14	11 June 1988	Eden Park, Auckland	54–9	New Zealand
15	4 November 1989	National Stadium, Cardiff	9–34	New Zealand	1989 New Zealand rugby union tour of Canada and the British Isles
16	31 May 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa	34–9	New Zealand	1995 Rugby World Cup
17	29 November 1997	Wembley Stadium, London	7–42	New Zealand	1997 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
18	23 November 2002	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	17–43	New Zealand	2002 Autumn international	BBC
19	21 June 2003	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	55–3	New Zealand	2003 Wales rugby union tour of Australasia	BBC
20	2 November 2003	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	53–37	New Zealand	2003 Rugby World Cup	BBC
21	20 November 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–26	New Zealand	2004 Autumn international	BBC
22	5 November 2005	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	3–41	New Zealand	2005 Autumn international	BBC
23	25 November 2006	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	10–45	New Zealand	2006 Autumn international	BBC
24	22 November 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–29	New Zealand	2008 Autumn international	BBC
25	7 November 2009	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–19	New Zealand	2009 Autumn international	BBC
26	19 June 2010	Carisbrook, Dunedin	42–9	New Zealand	2010 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand	BBC
27	26 June 2010	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	29–10	New Zealand		BBC
28	27 November 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–37	New Zealand	2010 Autumn international	BBC
29	24 November 2012	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	10–33	New Zealand	2012 Autumn international	BBC
30	22 November 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–34	New Zealand	2014 Autumn international	BBC
31	11 June 2016	Eden Park, Auckland	39–21	New Zealand	2016 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand	BBC
32	18 June 2016	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	36–22	New Zealand		BBC
33	25 June 2016	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	46–6	New Zealand		BBC
34	25 November 2017	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	18–33	New Zealand	2017 Autumn international	BBC
35	1 November 2019	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu, Japan	40–17	New Zealand	2019 Rugby World Cup bronze final	BBC

(Source:[1])

List of series

Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by Wales	Drawn
4	4	0	0

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

References

1. "pick and go - Rugby Union Test & Super14 results and statistics". www.lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-11-01.