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International test results

  New Zealand games against international teams
Opposing nation Played Won Lost Drawn Percentage won
Argentina 20 19 0 1 95
Australia 152 104 41 7 68.42
British and Irish Lions 38 29 6 3 76.32
England 40 32 7 1 80
France 55 42 12 1 76.36
Ireland 28 27 0 1 96.43
Italy 12 12 0 0 100
Scotland 30 28 0 2 93.33
South Africa 89 51 35 3 57.3
Wales 30 27 3 0 90
Total 494 371 104 19 75.1
  Tri-Nations games Championships
Nation Played Won Lost Drawn Won
New Zealand 72 50 22 0 10
Australia 72 29 42 1 3
South Africa 72 28 43 1 3

This table shows New Zealand’s results against the major rugby-playing countries up to 2014. The All Blacks have won three-quarters of their test matches against these countries. By far the toughest opponent has been South Africa, followed by Australia. There have been more games played against Australia and South Africa, in large part because the Tri-Nations competition between the three countries was in place from 1996 until 2012. In the Tri-Nations New Zealand won 10 times, while South Africa and Australia each won three times. New Zealand won the Rugby Championship, also involving Argentina, in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: ESPN Scrum

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Ron Palenski, Rugby union – International rugby – southern hemisphere, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/table/40031/international-test-results (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ron Palenski, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 1 September 2016.