List of New Zealand women's national rugby union team matches

A list of all international Test Matches played by the Black Ferns.[1]

Overall

New Zealand's overall Test Match record against all nations, updated to 12 October 2024, is as follows:[1]

Games Played Won Lost Drawn Win Percentage
Total 130 107 22 1 82.31%

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering.

Full Internationals

Legend

Won Lost Draw

1990s

Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event Ref
1 6 April 1991  Canada 24 8 Glamorgan Wanderers 1991 Rugby World Cup
2 10 April 1991  Wales 24 6 Llanharan 1991 Rugby World Cup
3 12 April 1991  United States 0 7 Cardiff Arms Park 1991 Rugby World Cup
4 2 September 1994  Australia 37 0 Sydney [2]
5 22 July 1995  Australia 64 0 Auckland Test
6 31 August 1996  Australia 28 5 Sydney Test
7 8 September 1996  Canada 88 3 Edmonton Canada Cup
8 11 September 1996  United States 88 8 Edmonton Canada Cup
9 14 September 1996  France 109 0 Edmonton Canada Cup
10 13 August 1997  England 67 0 Burnham, NZ Test
11 16 August 1997  Australia 44 0 Dunedin Test
12 2 May 1998  Germany 134 6 Amsterdam 1998 Rugby World Cup
13 5 May 1998  Scotland 76 0 Amsterdam 1998 Rugby World Cup
14 9 May 1998  Spain 46 3 Amsterdam 1998 Rugby World Cup
15 12 May 1998  England 44 11 Amsterdam 1998 Rugby World Cup
16 16 May 1998  United States 44 12 Amsterdam 1998 Rugby World Cup [3]
17 29 August 1998  Australia 27 3 Sydney Test
18 16 October 1999  Canada 73 0 Palmerston North, NZ Triangular '99
19 19 October 1999  United States 65 5 Palmerston North, NZ Triangular '99

2000s

Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event Ref
20 23 September 2000  Canada 41 0 Winnipeg Canada Cup
21 27 September 2000  United States 45 0 Winnipeg Canada Cup
22 30 September 2000  England 32 13 Winnipeg Canada Cup
23 9 June 2001  England 15 10 Rotorua Test
24 16 June 2001  England 17 22 North Harbour Stadium, Albany Test
25 13 May 2002  Germany 117 0 Barcelona 2002 RWC
26 18 May 2002  Australia 36 3 Barcelona 2002 RWC
27 21 May 2002  France 30 0 Barcelona 2002 RWC
28 25 May 2002  England 19 9 Barcelona 2002 RWC [4][3]
29 4 October 2003 World XV 37 0 Auckland
30 11 October 2003 World XV 38 19 Whangārei
31 8 June 2004  Canada 32 5 Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver 2004 Churchill Cup
32 13 June 2004  United States 35 0 Calgary Rugby Park 2004 Churchill Cup
33 19 June 2004  England 38 0 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 2004 Churchill Cup
34 29 June 2005  Scotland 30 9 Ottawa 2005 Canada Cup
35 5 July 2005  Canada 43 3 Ottawa 2005 Canada Cup
36 8 July 2005  Canada 32 5 Ottawa 2005 Canada Cup
37 22 October 2005  England 24 15 Eden Park, Auckland Test
38 26 October 2005  England 33 8 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Test
39 31 August 2006  Canada 66 7 Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 2006 RWC
40 4 September 2006  Samoa 50 0 St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert 2006 RWC
41 8 September 2006  Scotland 21 0 Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 2006 RWC
42 12 September 2006  France 40 10 Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 2006 RWC
43 17 September 2006  England 25 17 The Brick Field, Edmonton 2006 RWC [3]
44 16 October 2007  Australia 21 10 Cooks Gardens, Wanganui Test
45 20 October 2007  Australia 29 12 Wellington Test
46 22 July 2008  Australia 37 3 Canberra Test
47 26 July 2008  Australia 22 16 Sydney Test
48 14 November 2009  England 16 3 Esher Test
49 21 November 2009  England 3 10 Twickenham Stadium Test

2010s

Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event Ref
50 20 August 2010  South Africa 55 3 Surrey Sports Park, Guildford 2010 Rugby World Cup
51 24 August 2010  Australia 32 5 Surrey Sports Park, Guildford 2010 Rugby World Cup
52 28 August 2010  Wales 41 8 Surrey Sports Park, Guildford 2010 Rugby World Cup
53 1 September 2010  France 45 7 Stoop 2010 Rugby World Cup
54 5 September 2010  England 13 10 Twickenham Stoop 2010 Rugby World Cup [3]
55 26 November 2011  England 0 10 Twickenham, London End-of-year Tour
56 29 November 2011  England 7 21 Molesey Road, Esher End-of-year Tour
57 3 December 2011  England 8 8 Molesey Road, Esher End-of-year Tour
58 23 November 2012  England 13 16 Molesey Road, Esher End-of-year Tour
59 27 November 2012  England 8 17 Aldershot Military Stadium End-of-year Tour
60 1 December 2012  England 23 32 Twickenham End-of-year Tour
61 13 July 2013  England 29 10 Eden Park England's NZ Tour
62 16 July 2013  England 14 9 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton England's NZ Tour
63 20 July 2013  England 29 8 ECOlight Stadium, Pukekohe England's NZ Tour
64 1 June 2014  Australia 38 3 Rotorua International Stadium
65 7 June 2014  Samoa 90 12 Eden Park
66 10 June 2014  Canada 16 8 Tauranga
67 14 June 2014  Canada 33 21 Whakatāne
68 1 August 2014  Kazakhstan 79 5 CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 2 2014 Rugby World Cup
69 5 August 2014  Ireland 14 17 CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 2014 Rugby World Cup
70 9 August 2014  United States 34 3 CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 2014 Rugby World Cup
71 13 August 2014  Wales 63 7 CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 2014 Rugby World Cup
72 17 August 2014  United States 55 5 CNR, Marcoussis Pitch 1 2014 Rugby World Cup
73 27 June 2015  Canada 40 22 Calgary 2015 Super Series
74 1 July 2015  England 26 7 Calgary 2015 Super Series
75 5 July 2015  United States 47 14 Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton 2015 Super Series
76 22 October 2016  Australia 67 3 Eden Park 2016 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
77 26 October 2016  Australia 29 3 QBE Stadium, North Shore 2016 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
78 19 November 2016  England 25 20 Twickenham Stoop
79 23 November 2016  Canada 20 10 Donnybrook, Dublin
80 27 November 2016  Ireland 38 8 UCD Bowl, Dublin, Ireland
81 9 June 2017  Canada 28 16 Westpac Stadium, Wellington
82 13 June 2017  Australia 44 17 Rugby Park, Christchurch 2017 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
83 17 June 2017  England 21 29 Rotorua International Stadium
84 9 August 2017  Wales 44 12 Billings Park UCD, Dublin 2017 Rugby World Cup
85 13 August 2017  Hong Kong 121 0 Billings Park UCD, Dublin 2017 Rugby World Cup
86 17 August 2017  Canada 48 5 Billings Park UCD, Dublin 2017 Rugby World Cup
87 22 August 2017  United States 45 12 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 2017 Rugby World Cup
88 26 August 2017  England 41 32 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 2017 Rugby World Cup [5]
89 18 August 2018  Australia 31 11 ANZ Stadium 2018 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
90 25 August 2018  Australia 45 17 Eden Park 2018 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
91 3 November 2018  United States 67 6 Soldier Field, Chicago
92 9 November 2018  France 14 0 Stade Mayol, Toulon
93 17 November 2018  France 27 30 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
94 29 June 2019  Canada 35 20 Chula Vista, San Diego 2019 Super Series [6]
95 3 July 2019  United States 33 0 Chula Vista, San Diego 2019 Super Series
96 6 July 2019  France 16 25 Chula Vista, San Diego 2019 Super Series
97 14 July 2019  England 28 13 Chula Vista, San Diego 2019 Super Series
98 10 August 2019  Australia 47 10 Optus Stadium, Perth 2019 Laurie O'Reilly Cup [7]
99 17 August 2019  Australia 37 8 Eden Park 2019 Laurie O'Reilly Cup [8]

2020s

Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event Ref
100 31 October 2021  England 12 43 Sandy Park, Exeter Autumn Int. [9]
101 7 November 2021  England 15 56 Franklin's Gardens Autumn Int. [10]
102 13 November 2021  France 13 38 Stade du Hameau, Pau Autumn Int. [11]
103 20 November 2021  France 7 29 Stade Pierre-Fabre, Castres Autumn Int. [12]
104 6 June 2022  Australia 23 10 Tauranga Domain, Tauranga 2022 P4S [13]
105 12 June 2022  Canada 28 0 The Trusts Arena, West Auckland 2022 P4S [14]
106 18 June 2022  United States 50 6 Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei 2022 P4S [15]
107 20 August 2022  Australia 52 5 Orangetheory Stadium 2022 O'Reilly Cup [16]
108 27 August 2022  Australia 22 14 Adelaide Oval 2022 O'Reilly Cup [17]
109 24 September 2022  Japan 95 12 Eden Park, Auckland Warm-up match [18]
110 8 October 2022  Australia 41 17 Eden Park, Auckland 2021 RWC [19]
111 16 October 2022  Wales 56 12 The Trusts Arena 2021 RWC [20]
112 22 October 2022  Scotland 57 0 Northland Events Centre 2021 RWC [21]
113 29 October 2022  Wales 55 3 Northland Events Centre 2021 RWC Quarters [22]
114 5 November 2022  France 25 24 Eden Park, Auckland 2021 RWC Semi-final [23]
115 12 November 2022  England 34 31 Eden Park, Auckland 2021 RWC Final [24]
116 29 June 2023  Australia 50 0 Kayo Stadium, Brisbane 2023 P4S/O'Reilly Cup
117 8 July 2023  Canada 52 21 TD Place Stadium, Ottawa 2023 P4S
118 14 July 2023  United States 39 17 TD Place Stadium, Ottawa 2023 P4S
119 30 September 2023  Australia 43 3 FMG Stadium, Waikato 2023 O'Reilly Cup
120 21 October 2023  France 17 18 Sky Stadium, Wellington WXV 2023
121 28 October 2023  Wales 70 7 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin WXV 2023
122 4 November 2023  England 12 33 Go Media Stadium Mt Smart WXV 2023
123 11 May 2024  United States 57 5 FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton 2024 PFS
124 19 May 2024  Canada 19 22 Apollo Projects Stadium 2024 PFS
125 25 May 2024  Australia 67 19 North Harbour Stadium, Albany 2024 PFS/O'Reilly Cup
126 14 July 2024  Australia 62 0 Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 2024 O'Reilly Cup
127 14 September 2024  England 12 24 Twickenham Stadium, London
128 29 September 2024  Ireland 27 29 BC Place, Vancouver 2024 WXV
129 5 October 2024  England 31 49 Langley Events Centre, Langley 2024 WXV
130 12 October 2024  France 39 14 BC Place, Vancouver 2024 WXV

Other internationals

Date New Zealand Score Opponent Venue Event Ref
22 July 1989 New Zealand  13–7 United States California Grizzlies Lancaster Park First Black Ferns Game [25]
26 August 1990 New Zealand  56–0  Netherlands Christchurch RugbyFest 1990 [26]
28 August 1990 New Zealand  8–0  Soviet Union Christchurch RugbyFest 1990
30 August 1990 New Zealand  9–3  United States Christchurch RugbyFest 1990
1 September 1990 New Zealand  12–4 World XV Christchurch RugbyFest 1990
13 April 1991 New Zealand XV  0–3  France Cardiff [27]
19 October 2005 New Zealand Select  8–40  England Select North Harbour Stadium
17 November 2009 New Zealand  48–3  England A Esher
18 November 2019 Black Ferns Dev. XV  53–0  Fiji Churchill Park, Lautoka Oceania Championship
22 November 2019 Black Ferns Dev. XV  50–0  Australia A Churchill Park, Lautoka Oceania Championship
26 November 2019 Black Ferns Dev. XV  131–0  Papua New Guinea Churchill Park, Lautoka Oceania Championship
14 November 2020 New Zealand  34–15 New Zealand NZ Barbarians The Trusts Arena
21 November 2020 New Zealand  19–17 New Zealand NZ Barbarians Trafalgar Park
23 September 2023 Black Ferns XV  38–12  Manusina XV Navigation Homes Stadium [28]

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