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

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Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
20 February 1954	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	5–19	New Zealand
15 February 1964	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	3–36	New Zealand
16 December 1967	Twickenham, London	6–11	New Zealand
27 January 1973	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	23–11	Barbarians	Featured Gareth Edwards and The greatest try ever scored
30 November 1974	Twickenham, London	13–13	Draw
16 December 1978	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	16–18	New Zealand
25 November 1989	Twickenham, London	10–21	New Zealand
4 December 1993	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	12–25	New Zealand
4 December 2004	Twickenham, London	19–47	New Zealand	2004 end of year test
5 December 2009	Twickenham, London	25–18	Barbarians	2009 end of year test
4 November 2017	Twickenham, London	22–31	New Zealand	2017 end of year test

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