History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and the British & Irish Lions

The All Blacks first played against the British and Irish Lions in 1904, beating them 9–3 at Athletic Park, Wellington. Since then, there has been a total of 38 Test matches between the two teams, with the All Blacks winning 29 of them. The most recent test, held at Eden Park, Auckland, on 9 July 2005, finished in a 38–19 win for the All Blacks.

List of series

Details	Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by Lions
Overall	11	10	1

Series	New Zealand Wins	Lions Wins	Victor
1904 New Zealand and Australian Tour	1	0	New Zealand
1908 Australian and New Zealand Tour	2	0	New Zealand
1930 New Zealand and Australian Tour	3	1	New Zealand
1950 New Zealand and Australian Tour	3	1	New Zealand
1959 New Zealand and Australian Tour	3	1	New Zealand
1966 New Zealand and Australian Tour	4	0	New Zealand
1971 New Zealand Tour	1	2	Lions
1977 New Zealand Tour	3	1	New Zealand
1983 New Zealand Tour	4	0	New Zealand
1993 New Zealand Tour	2	1	New Zealand
2005 New Zealand Tour	3	0	New Zealand

List of matches

Details	Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by Lions	Drawn	New Zealand points	British and Irish Lions points
Overall	38	29	6	3	634	345

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Series
9 July 2005	Eden Park, Auckland	38 – 19	New Zealand	2005 New Zealand Tour
2 July 2005	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	48 – 18	New Zealand
25 June 2005	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	21 – 3	New Zealand
3 July 1993	Eden Park, Auckland	30 – 13	New Zealand	1993 New Zealand Tour
26 June 1993	Athletic Park (Wellington), Wellington	7 – 20	Lions
12 June 1993	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	20 – 18	New Zealand
16 July 1983	Eden Park, Auckland	38 – 6	New Zealand	1983 New Zealand Tour
2 July 1983	Carisbrook, Dunedin	15 – 8	New Zealand
18 June 1983	Athletic Park (Wellington), Wellington	9 – 0	New Zealand
4 June 1983	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	16 – 12	New Zealand
13 August 1977	Eden Park, Auckland	10 – 9	New Zealand	1977 New Zealand Tour
30 July 1977	Carisbrook, Dunedin	19 – 7	New Zealand
9 July 1977	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	9 – 13	Lions
18 June 1977	Athletic Park, Wellington	16 – 12	New Zealand
17 August 1971	Eden Park, Auckland	14 – 14	Draw	1971 New Zealand Tour
31 July 1971	Athletic Park, Wellington	3 – 13	Lions
10 July 1971	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	22 – 12	New Zealand
26 June 1971	Carisbrook, Dunedin	3 – 9	Lions
10 September 1966	Eden Park, Auckland	24 – 11	New Zealand	1966 New Zealand and Australian Tour
27 August 1966	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	19 – 6	New Zealand
6 August 1966	Athletic Park, Wellington	16 – 12	New Zealand
16 July 1966	Carisbrook, Dunedin	20 – 3	New Zealand
19 September 1959	Eden Park, Auckland	6 – 9	Lions	1959 New Zealand and Australian Tour
29 August 1959	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	22 – 8	New Zealand
15 August 1959	Athletic Park, Wellington	11 – 8	New Zealand
18 July 1959	Carisbrook, Dunedin	18 – 17	New Zealand
29 July 1950	Eden Park, Auckland	11 – 8	New Zealand	1950 New Zealand and Australian Tour
1 July 1950	Athletic Park, Wellington	6 – 3	New Zealand
10 June 1950	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	8 – 0	New Zealand
27 May 1950	Carisbrook, Dunedin	9 – 9	Draw
9 August 1930	Athletic Park, Wellington	22 – 8	New Zealand	1930 New Zealand and Australian Tour
26 July 1930	Eden Park, Auckland	15 – 10	New Zealand
5 July 1930	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	13 – 10	New Zealand
21 June 1930	Carisbrook, Dunedin	3 – 6	Lions
25 July 1908	Potters Park, Auckland	29 – 0	New Zealand	1908 New Zealand and Australian Tour
27 June 1908	Athletic Park, Wellington	3 – 3	Draw
6 June 1908	Carisbrook, Dunedin	32 – 5	New Zealand
13 August 1904	Athletic Park, Wellington	9 – 3	New Zealand	1904 New Zealand and Australian Tour