In rugby union, New Zealand first played against the British & Irish Lions in 1904, beating them 9–3 at Athletic Park, Wellington. Since then, there has been a total of 41 Test matches between the two teams, with the All Blacks winning 30 matches, the Lions winning seven and four draws. The most recent test, held at Eden Park, Auckland, on 8 July 2017, finished in a 15–15 draw.
List of series Details Played Won by New Zealand Won by British & Irish Lions Draw Overall 12 10 1 1
SeriesNew Zealand winsLions winsVictor 1904 New Zealand and Australian tour 1 0 1908 Australian and New Zealand tour 2 0 1930 New Zealand and Australian tour 3 1 1950 New Zealand and Australian tour 3 0 1959 New Zealand and Australian tour 3 1 1966 New Zealand and Australian tour 4 0 1971 New Zealand tour 1 2 British Lions 1977 New Zealand tour 3 1 1983 New Zealand tour 4 0 1993 New Zealand tour 2 1 2005 New Zealand tour 3 0 2017 New Zealand tour 1 1 Draw
List of matches Details Played Won by New Zealand Won by British & Irish Lions Drawn New Zealand points British & Irish Lions points Overall 41 30 7 4 700 399
DateVenueScoreVictorSeries 13 August 1904 Athletic Park, Wellington 9–3 1904 New Zealand and Australian tour 6 June 1908 Carisbrook, Dunedin 32–5 1908 New Zealand and Australian tour 27 June 1908 Athletic Park, Wellington 3–3 Draw 25 July 1908 Potters Park, Auckland 29–0 21 June 1930 Carisbrook, Dunedin 3–6 British Lions 1930 New Zealand and Australian tour 5 July 1930 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 13–10 26 July 1930 Eden Park, Auckland 15–10 9 August 1930 Athletic Park, Wellington 22–8 27 May 1950 Carisbrook, Dunedin 9–9 Draw 1950 New Zealand and Australian tour 10 June 1950 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 8–0 1 July 1950 Athletic Park, Wellington 6–3 29 July 1950 Eden Park, Auckland 11–8 18 July 1959 Carisbrook, Dunedin 18–17 1959 New Zealand and Australian tour 15 August 1959 Athletic Park, Wellington 11–8 29 August 1959 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 22–8 19 September 1959 Eden Park, Auckland 6–9 British Lions 16 July 1966 Carisbrook, Dunedin 20–3 1966 New Zealand and Australian tour 6 August 1966 Athletic Park, Wellington 16–12 27 August 1966 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 19–6 10 September 1966 Eden Park, Auckland 24–11 26 June 1971 Carisbrook, Dunedin 3–9 British Lions 1971 New Zealand tour 10 July 1971 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 22–12 31 July 1971 Athletic Park, Wellington 3–13 British Lions 17 August 1971 Eden Park, Auckland 14–14 Draw 18 June 1977 Athletic Park, Wellington 16–12 1977 New Zealand tour 9 July 1977 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 9–13 British Lions 30 July 1977 Carisbrook, Dunedin 19–7 13 August 1977 Eden Park, Auckland 10–9 4 June 1983 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 16–12 1983 New Zealand tour 18 June 1983 Athletic Park, Wellington 9–0 2 July 1983 Carisbrook, Dunedin 15–8 16 July 1983 Eden Park, Auckland 38–6 12 June 1993 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 20–18 1993 New Zealand tour 26 June 1993 Athletic Park, Wellington 7–20 British Lions 3 July 1993 Eden Park, Auckland 30–13 25 June 2005 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 21–3 2005 New Zealand tour 2 July 2005 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 48–18 9 July 2005 Eden Park, Auckland 38–19 24 June 2017 Eden Park, Auckland 30–15 2017 New Zealand tour 1 July 2017 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 21–24 British & Irish Lions 8 July 2017 Eden Park, Auckland 15–15 Draw
See also 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
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