The first game of rugby union between Australia and New Zealand took place in a test match on 15 August 1903 in Sydney, New South Wales. On that occasion, New Zealand won 22–3.

Since 1931, the overall winner of the annual test matches (between one and three games in any given year) between the All Blacks and the Wallabies takes possession of the Bledisloe Cup, named after Lord Bledisloe, who donated the trophy.

Currently the rivalry is one the most played of any two international rugby union teams, and having played against each other 181 times. The All Blacks lead the series 128 to 45 with 8 draws between them and includes a large number of fixtures recorded for New Zealand as "XV" results.

Summary The summary below is for all matches where test caps were awarded by both national unions, which leaves out all 24 meetings from 1920 to 1928, in which the governing New Zealand Rugby Union fielded the second level New Zealand XV team rather than the highest All Blacks team. The Australian Rugby Union retroactively awarded test status caps to its own players for those matches.

Overall Details Played Won byAustralia Won byNew Zealand Drawn Australia points New Zealand points In Australia91285761,4531,956 In New Zealand84156721,0771,961 Neutral venue6240112152Overall1814512882,6424,069

Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordAustraliaNew ZealandLongest winning streak3 (5 Aug 2000 – 13 Jul 2002)11 (7 Aug 2021 – present)Largest points forHome47 (10 August 2019)57 (14 August 2021)Away33 (19 October 2013)54 (19 August 2017)Largest winning marginHome21 (10 August 2019)37 (6 July 1996)Away15 (29 August 1964)38 (31 October 2020)Most aggregate points88 (Australia 34–54 New Zealand) (19 August 2017)

Tri Nations era (1996–2011)

+ Tri Nations results (1996–2011) Team Wins 11 30.56 25 69.44 Draws align=center colspan=2 Total 36

The professional era in rugby union began in 1995, marked by creation of the SANZAR group (a combination of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) which was formed with the purpose of selling TV rights for two new competitions, the domestic Super 12 competition and the Tri-Nations.

The first Tri-Nations was contested in 1996, with New Zealand winning all four of their Tests to take the trophy.

In 2000 in Sydney, a record crowd of 109,874 witnessed what some have called 'The Greatest Ever Rugby Match' when the All Blacks defeated The Wallabies 39–35. Twenty one days after their win in Sydney, the All Blacks lost to the Wallabies in front of a home crowd. This meant the Wallabies won The Bledisloe Cup for the third year in a row.

Another one of the most dramatic matches was played on 1 September 2001 at Stadium Australia, in what would be Wallaby great John Eales' last ever test. The Wallabies were hoping to send their skipper off in a grand style. A fairy tale ending was looking possible in the first half as the Wallabies took a 19–6 lead over the All Blacks. However, tries for Doug Howlett and Pita Alatini, along with Andrew Mehrtens kicking, saw the All Blacks back in front 26–22. Then, in the last minutes of the game, number 8 Toutai Kefu scored the winning try for the Wallabies. Two years later in 2003 the Wallabies suffered one of their most humiliating losses, being defeated 21–50 by the All Blacks in Sydney.

In 2008, a Bledisloe Cup match was played in Hong Kong, which New Zealand won 19–14. It was rumoured that the United States and Japan would host future Bledisloe Cup matches, and these rumours proved true in the case of Japan, as Tokyo hosted a 2009 Bledisloe match.

The first two Tests of the 2010 series saw the All Blacks extend their winning streak over the Wallabies to 10 games. (Australia's last previous win came on 26 July 2008 at Sydney.) The third and fourth tests were extremely tight affairs, both being won by late tries. In the Sydney test on 11 September, converted tries by Richie McCaw and Kieran Read in the last 13 minutes allowed the All Blacks to overcome a 9–22 deficit. The win saw New Zealand complete a 100% record in the 2010 Tri-Nations. On 30 October 2010 the sides contested the now-customary fourth annual Bledisloe Cup test at a neutral venue. As in 2009, the match was played in Hong Kong, and as on 11 September the game was won with a dramatic late comeback. On this occasion the Wallabies, having led early in the match, found themselves 19–24 down as the hooter went, but with possession in the All Black 22. The Wallabies recycled through numerous phases of possession, until finally the ball was passed wide to James O'Connor, who beat the scrambling All Black defence to touch down and level the scores. The 20-year-old winger then kicked the resulting conversion to win the match for the Wallabies, ending New Zealand's recent domination of the fixture.

Subsequently, (2011–2014) the All Blacks have won eight of the last eleven games played, with two drawn, continuing their domination. This included a crucial 20–6 victory over the Wallabies in the 2011 World Cup Semi-final to enable to All Blacks to progress to the final and subsequently win the World Cup.

Rugby Championship era (since 2012) + Rugby Championship results (2012–present) Team Wins 3 13.04 19 82.61 Draws 1 align=center Total 23

Starting in 2012, the Tri Nations competition was renamed The Rugby Championship and included Argentina.

On 17 August 2013, the All Blacks celebrated their 100th win over the Wallabies with a 47–29 victory in Sydney. After a shock 12–12 draw in Sydney in the first game of the 2014 series, which ended the All Blacks' attempt at the record of eighteen-straight wins for a major rugby nation, the All Blacks posted their highest ever score against Australia with a 51–20 victory at Eden Park on 23 August 2014.

In 2022, Australia and New Zealand fixtures that were regularly organised as three per year, and sometimes four, were reduced to two per year until the end of 2025. Following news of New Zealand's 2026 tour of South Africa, it was revealed that the Rugby Championship would be played biennially from 2025 onward. As the rivalry is expected to return to a three-test series from 2026, the fixture is expected to have an Anzac Day Test match added to their calendar.

Results Pre World War I (1903–1914) The first Test between Australia and New Zealand was played on 15 August 1903 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Despite the Wallabies losing 22–3 this tour greatly increased the popularity of rugby and large crowds started attending grade matches in Sydney and Brisbane. New Zealand winger Billy Wallace scored thirteen of their twenty-two points.

No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 15 August 1903 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney3–22 1903 New Zealand tour of Australia 2 2 September 1905 Tahuna Park, Dunedin14–3 1905 Australia tour of New Zealand 3 20 July 1907 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney6–26 1907 New Zealand tour of Australia 4 3 August 1907 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane5–14 5 10 August 1907 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney5–5draw 6 25 June 1910 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney0–6 1910 New Zealand tour of Australia 7 27 June 1910 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney11–0 8 2 July 1910 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney13–28 9 6 September 1913 Athletic Park, Wellington30–5 1913 Australia tour of New Zealand 10 13 September 1913 Carisbrook, Dunedin25–13 11 20 September 1913 Lancaster Park, Christchurch5–16 12 18 July 1914 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney0–5 1914 New Zealand tour of Australia 13 1 August 1914 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane0–17 14 15 August 1914 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney7–22

XV results (1920–1928) From 1920 to 1928, twenty-four matches took place. Australia was represented by New South Wales as the Queensland union suspended rugby post-war. Caps for these matches retrospectively awarded in the 1980s. New Zealand did not award test caps. Out of these twenty-four matches, Australia won six, and New Zealand won eighteen.

Date Venue Score Winner Competition 24 July 1920 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney15–26 1920 New Zealand XV tour of New South Wales 31 July 1920 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney6–14 7 August 1920 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney13–24 3 September 1921 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 0–17 29 July 1922 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney19–26 1922 New Zealand XV tour of New South Wales 5 August 1922 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney14–8 7 August 1922 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney8–6 25 August 1923 Carisbrook, Dunedin19–9 1 September 1923 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 34–6 15 September 1923 Athletic Park, Wellington38–11 5 July 1924 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney20–16 1924 New Zealand XV tour of New South Wales 12 July 1924 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney5–21 16 July 1924 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney8–38 13 June 1925 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney3–26 1925 New Zealand XV tour of New South Wales 20 June 1925 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney0–4 23 June 1925 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney3–11 19 September 1925 Eden Park, Auckland36–10 10 July 1926 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney26–20 1926 New Zealand XV tour of New South Wales 17 July 1926 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney6–11 20 July 1926 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney0–14 29 July 1926 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney21–28 5 September 1928 Athletic Park, Wellington15–12 1928 New South Wales tour of New Zealand 8 September 1928 Carisbrook, Dunedin16–14 15 September 1928 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 8–11

Pre World War II (1929–1938) Australia's last Test before World War I was against New Zealand in July 1914. The sports authorities in Australia decided it was unpatriotic to play rugby while thousands of young Australian men were being sent overseas to fight. This resulted in competitions all but closed down in New South Wales and Queensland. In Queensland, regular competitions did not commence again until 1928. As a result, players switched to rugby league in large numbers. Even though there was no Australia/New Zealand game after the war before 1929, twenty-four games were held between New South Wales and New Zealand XV from 1920 to 1928. The results were eighteen victories against six for the All Blacks with sixteen games taking place in Sydney, New South Wales (most of them at the Royal Agricultural Society Ground) and the rest in New Zealand. Those games are counted as Australia/New Zealand on the IRB website. Also 1931 saw the first game played competing for the Bledisloe Cup. However the "official" first Bledisloe Cup match wasn't played until 1932.

No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 15 6 July 1929 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney9–8 1929 New Zealand tour of Australia 16 20 July 1929 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane17–9 17 27 July 1929 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney15–13 18 12 September 1931 Eden Park, Auckland20–13 1931 Australia tour of New Zealand 19 2 July 1932 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney22–17 1932 New Zealand tour of Australia 20 16 July 1932 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane3–21 21 23 July 1932 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney13–21 22 11 August 1934 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney25–11 1934 New Zealand tour of Australia 23 25 August 1934 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney3–3draw 24 5 September 1936 Athletic Park, Wellington 11–6 1936 Australia tour of New Zealand 25 12 September 1936 Carisbrook, Dunedin38–13 26 23 July 1938 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney9–24 1938 New Zealand tour of Australia 27 6 August 1938 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane14–20 28 13 August 1938 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney6–14

Post War (1946–1974)