Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Johannesburg, 31 May 1995, 20:00 local, 18:00 GMT
New Zealand (20) 34 - 9 (6) Wales (FT)

Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  Wales
6 0 - 3 NR Jenkins - drop goal
11 Mehrtens - penalty goal 3 - 3
18 Little - try 8 - 3
19 Mehrtens - conversion 10 - 3
31 Mehrtens - penalty goal 13 - 3
35 Ellis - try 18 - 3
36 Mehrtens - conversion 20 - 3
40 20 - 6 NR Jenkins - penalty goal
44 Mehrtens - penalty goal 23 - 6
49 Mehrtens - penalty goal 26 - 6
55 26 - 9 NR Jenkins - penalty goal
64 Mehrtens - drop goal 29 - 9
70 Lomu - sub off
Rush - sub on
71 Kronfeld - try 34 - 9

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 25 points
Rugby World Cup points New Zealand 3, Wales 1
 
Ground name Ellis Park, Johannesburg (neutral venue)
Attendance 45000
 
Referee EF Morrison (England)
 
New Zealand Test debuts EJ Rush
Wales Test debuts AM Bennett, JM Humphreys, G Prosser

Teams

New Zealand Wales
Tries Little (18), Ellis (35), Kronfeld (71) Tries none
Cons Mehrtens (19, 36) Cons none
Pens Mehrtens (11, 31, 44, 49) Pens NR Jenkins (40, 55)
Drops Mehrtens (64) Drops NR Jenkins (6)
    Team
15 FB
Glen Osborne
14 W
Marc Ellis
13 C
Frank Bunce
12 C
Walter Little
11 W
Jonah Lomu
10 FH
Andrew Mehrtens
9 SH
Graeme Bachop
1 P
Olo Brown
2 H
Sean Fitzpatrick (c)
3 P
Craig Dowd
4 L
Blair Larsen
5 L
Ian Jones
6 F
Jamie Joseph
7 F
Josh Kronfeld
8 N8
Mike Brewer
    Replacements
16 W
Eric Rush
17
Simon Culhane
18
Ant Strachan
19
Norm Hewitt
20
Richard Loe
21
Kevin Schuler
    Team
15 FB
Tony Clement
14 W
Ieuan Evans
13 C
Mike Hall (c)
12 C
Gareth Thomas
11 W
Wayne Proctor
10 FH
Neil Jenkins
9 SH
Robert Jones
1 P
Ricky Evans
2 H
Jonathan Humphreys
3 P
John Davies
4 L
Derwyn Jones
5 L
Greg Prosser
6 F
Gareth Llewellyn
7 F
Mark Bennett
8 N8
Hemi Taylor
    Replacements
16
Steve Ford
17
David Evans
18
Andrew Moore
19
Emyr Lewis
20
Mike Griffiths
21
Garin Jenkins

Match stats

New Zealand   Wales
3 Tries 0
2 from 2 Conversion goals 0 from 0
4 from 4 Penalty goals 2 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 30
98 Passes 52
72 Runs 51
429 Metres run with ball 236
Attacking
100% (100%/100%) Possession (1H/2H) 0% (0%/0%)
12 Clean breaks 2
21 Defenders beaten 11
16 Offloads 7
34 from 37 (91.9%) Rucks won 15 from 20 (75.0%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
17 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
37/11 Tackles made/missed 59/21
77.0% Tackling success rate 74.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
15 won, 3 lost (83.3%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 3 lost (83.3%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Osborne 0/0 0 6/5/8 63 1 2 2 4 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ellis 1/0 5 2/0/6 62 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Bunce 0/0 0 1/1/3 21 1 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Little 1/1 5 1/9/6 45 2 5 3 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Lomu 0/1 0 0/3/6 74 1 5 3 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Mehrtens 0/1 19 13/20/3 28 1 1 0 3 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Bachop 0/0 0 7/42/2 10 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Brown 0/0 0 0/0/3 11 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 2 0/0
H Fitzpatrick 0/0 0 0/1/3 8 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Dowd 0/0 0 0/1/2 10 0 1 1 0 5/1 1/0 1 0/0
L Larsen 0/0 0 0/2/7 13 1 0 0 1 2/1 4/1 1 0/0
L Jones 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 3/1 1 0/0
F Joseph 0/0 0 0/5/7 18 0 2 3 2 3/1 2/1 0 0/0
F Kronfeld 1/0 5 0/3/8 45 4 2 2 3 3/4 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Brewer 0/0 0 0/5/7 21 1 1 2 0 6/0 2/0 0 0/0
(W) Rush 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Clement 0/0 0 10/3/9 76 1 5 1 3 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
W IC Evans 0/0 0 3/1/4 24 0 0 1 2 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Hall 0/0 0 1/7/5 22 0 1 2 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Thomas 0/0 0 1/4/5 12 0 3 0 2 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Proctor 0/0 0 1/2/3 0 0 1 2 1 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH NR Jenkins 0/0 9 2/9/3 2 0 1 0 3 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH RN Jones 0/0 0 12/18/5 29 0 0 0 2 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
P RL Evans 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Humphreys 0/0 0 0/1/5 19 0 0 0 1 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Davies 0/0 0 0/2/2 8 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L D Jones 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 8/0 0 0/0
L Prosser 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Llewellyn 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/3 0/0 1 0/0
F Bennett 0/0 0 0/0/5 25 1 0 0 1 12/1 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Taylor 0/0 0 0/4/5 19 0 0 1 0 3/2 0/1 3 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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