History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and the Barbarians


New Zealand and the Barbarians have played each other on 11 occasions. The first encounter was in February 1954 and saw New Zealand win 19–5 at Cardiff Arms Park, while the last was in November 2017, when New Zealand won 31–22 at Twickenham. All the matches have been played at two venues – Cardiff Arms Park and Twickenham. New Zealand have never played the Barbarians at home but have won 8 of the 11 matches.

Overall summary

Matches

DateVenueScoreVictorComments-
20 February 1954Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff5-19-
15 February 1964Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff3-36-
16 December 1967Twickenham, London6-11-
27 January 1973Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff23-11BarbariansFeatured Gareth Edwards and The greatest try ever scored-
30 November 1974Twickenham, London13-13Draw-
16 December 1978Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff16-18-
25 November 1989Twickenham, London10-21-
4 December 1993Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff12-25-
4 December 2004Twickenham, London19-472004 end of year test-
5 December 2009Twickenham, London25-18Barbarians2009 end of year test
4 November 2017Twickenham, London22-312017 end of year test-