Australia 30–20 New Zealand — Semi-final, 1995 Rugby League World Cup
22 Oct 1995 · Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England · Attendance: 16,608
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-final, 1995 Rugby League World Cup: Australia 30–20 New Zealand, at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England on 22 Oct 1995.
Scorers
| Australia | Tries: Menzies (2); Brasher; Coyne; Fittler; Hill Goals: Johns (3) |
| New Zealand | Tries: Barnett; K. Iro; T. Iro Goals: Ridge (4) |
This result sent Australia into the Final against England.
Teams
| Australia | New Zealand | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Brasher | Fullback | Matthew Ridge (c) | 1 |
| 2 | Rod Wishart | Wing | Sean Hoppe | 2 |
| 3 | Mark Coyne | Centre | Kevin Iro | 3 |
| 4 | Terry Hill | Centre | Richie Blackmore | 4 |
| 5 | Brett Dallas | Wing | Richie Barnett | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Fittler (c) | Stand off/Five eighth | Tony Kemp | 6 |
| 7 | Geoff Toovey | Scrum half/Half back | Stacey Jones | 7 |
| 8 | Dean Pay | Prop forward | John Lomax | 8 |
| 9 | Andrew Johns | Hooker | Henry Paul | 9 |
| 10 | Mark Carroll | Prop forward | Jason Lowrie | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Menzies | Second row | Quentin Pongia | 11 |
| 12 | Gary Larson | Second row | Stephen Kearney | 12 |
| 13 | Jim Dymock | Loose forward/Lock forward | Mark Horo | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Robbie O'Davis | Gene Ngamu | 14 | |
| 15 | Matthew Johns | Ruben Wiki | 15 | |
| 16 | Jason Smith | Tony Iro | 16 | |
| 17 | Nik Kosef | Hitro Okesene | 17 | |
| Bob Fulton | Coach | Frank Endacott | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Russell Smith (Castleford) |
| Touch judges | Not identified in sources found |
| Player of the match | Not identified in sources found |
Match report
Australia needed extra time to see off a spirited New Zealand 30-20 at Huddersfield, level at 20-20 after 80 minutes before pulling clear in ten-minutes-each-way extra time. Steve Menzies scored twice for Australia, while New Zealand's Matthew Ridge missed a late sideline conversion and a drop-goal attempt that could have won it outright in normal time.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 1954 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 34–15 New Zealand
- 1957 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 25–5 New Zealand
- 1960 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 21–15 New Zealand
- 1968 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 31–12 New Zealand
- 1970 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 47–11 New Zealand
- 1972 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 9–5 New Zealand
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 36–8 New Zealand
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 8–24 Australia
- 1977 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 12–27 Australia
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 18–0 Australia
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 32–12 New Zealand
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 25–12 New Zealand
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 14–22 Australia
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Australia 40–12 New Zealand
- 2000 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 40–12 New Zealand
- 2008 Rugby League World Cup (Group A): Australia 30–6 New Zealand
- 2008 Rugby League World Cup (Final): New Zealand 34–20 Australia
- 2013 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Australia 34–2 New Zealand
- 2021 Rugby League World Cup (Semi-final): Australia 16–14 New Zealand