Rarely seen footage of the 25-25 draw between Scotland and New Zealand in 1983.

Classic archive from Scottish Rugby. Scotland draw 25-25 with New Zealand at Murrayfield in November 1983.
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[@richardlockhart960]

I was one of the children in the corner where Jim Pollock scored the try to bring the scores level. Aged 8, my first time at Murrayfield. We were in tears when Peter Dods missed the conversion. Some great examples of JIm Telfer's rucking game, copied from the All Blacks of course.

[@johnfirth6603]

This was the first Rugby match I ever went to. First year at St Andrews Uni. Bought my ticket from a sports shop for £3.60 I think. What an introduction.

[@colindouglas7769]

You'll pay a damn sight more for a ticket nowadays! 🙂

[@Broonzied]

The driving ruck was a glorious sight and NZ & Scotland were probably the two greatest teams at utilising it around this time.

[@lairdoharray]

I think that such play by forwards is not appreciated as it should be.

[@celticwarrior1365]

Couldn't remember this game but what talent in that Scotland team. Calder, Paxton, Laidlaw, Rutherford etc. No wonder us Welsh struggled to contain the Scots during the 80's!

[@JCMcGee]

Was MIGHTY MOUSE, Ian McLoughlin still playing?

[@douglasherron7534]

@@JCMcGee No. But the team went on to win the Grand Slam in the 1984 Five Nations competition - the first time Scotland had won the Grand Slam since 1925... I was at the 1984 home games (v England and France) but not the 1925 games! 😉😀

[@colindouglas7769]

@@JCMcGee No, Scotland Captain that day was Jim Aitken after he had skippered Scotland to their first win at Twickenham since 1971 in that year's Five Nations! Mighty Mouse had retired from the game in 1979.

[@twosacrowd]

I was there that day and wished that last conversion over, but it wasn't to be. A fantastic game :-)

[@altait3904]

Fantastic game and thank you for posting this. I was only eleven when I was there, brings back memories.

[@leemorgan8478]

Scotland should have won this game being a Welshman I love seeing my Celtic cousins winning .

[@davidgreen4369]

Nah the all blacks should have won Scotland were just lucky but come to nz will kick your butt

[@kingkongkong2204]

Scotland had all the support 😜 just couldn't do it

[@waverunner3911]

Not all of us are celtic in Scotland, watp up the rangers, 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@paulthomson2288]

3 tries to 1 and Scotland should have won? Yeah right.

[@neilanderson841]

@@paulthomson2288 Sounds like sour grapes to me!!. No doubt you would have been just as negative if the try count had been in Scotland's favour.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Jordan-ws6jy]

Robbie Deans, Mexted, Bernie Fraser... Wow absolute legends and what a great game infront of a huge crowd! I never knew Scotland got a draw against the AB's. RIP Jock Hobbs.

[@colindouglas7769]

There have been 32 meetings in the series overall: New Zealand have won 30 and there have been two draws, both at Murrayfield (0-0 in 1964 and 25-25 in 1983). I was at this game. The Scottish coaching team of Jim Telfer and Ian McGeechan were avid advocates of the fast rucking game having studied the ABs extensively and it was a fantastic game of rugby. Scotland went on from this match to win a Grand Slam in the 1984 Five Nations Championship (their first Slam since 1925, which was the year Murrayfield was opened and their first Triple Crown since 1938). It was disappointing to see Peter Dods miss the conversion of Jim Pollock's try in the corner. He was usually deadly accurate on place kicks and that would have given Scotland their first ever win over the ABs. I think the ABs are the only international side Scotland have never beaten.

[@DavidTYork]

This was the first game I saw at Murrayfield - Scotland were brilliant in the second half and had so much momentum.

[@pau1ynz]

Great to see some video footage of the legendary "Cowboy" Mark Shaw in the All Black jersey.

[@wobblertv8083]

He was nuts! .....as a blindside flanker should be 😀

[@driffter1976]

Great to see this again. Haven't seen it since the match itself in 83.

[@MrNinjaFish]

Although this was a long time ago the confidence they have with kicking the ball up the field is astonishing! I wish such tactics were rewarding in today's game.

[@johnreid9841]

I was there, at the clock end, fantastic coming on this video

[@rewihemara]

I was at this game heaps of the Aberdeen kiwis rented a hotel and party party time all night what a blast nga mihi.

[@JCMcGee]

OMG....my father (a life long football fan) took me to see this game 6 months after I ditched football and took up rugby....it was amazing. 39 years later I've just realised my bucket list, right at the top of it, is, see the All Blacks do the Haka again!

[@NickName-di3wp]

🎉

[@caelanstanton5544]

proud to say Bill Cuthbertson was my rugby coach two years ago!

[@celticwarrior1365]

What a pity that last conversion didn't go over.

[@stewartburns2473]

this game was the springboard to the 1984 grand slam

[@garrysimpson1395]

Not broadcast in the U.K. I believe the two camera coverage was allowed by the A.C.T.T. union as long as there was no coverage in the U.K.The strike lasted for five weeks and also affected all Tennis and Rugby coverage. In the U.K. we had LIVE and uninerrupted coverage of Day Two of the 1983 Ryder Cup a month before in which Jack whiitiker had to apolgize for no day two coverage on A.B.C. Also I seem to remember Nigel Mansell winning his first world championship in Hungray. Which was not affected by the strike.

[@andrewspriggs9412]

What a tremendous game with great performances from Jock Hobbs, Murray Mexted and John Rutherford. The Line outs were totally unscripted and what a joy to watch again the mess which were the pre 1995 line outs

[@colindouglas7769]

John Rutherford was a world class fly-half. Probably the best No 10 Scotland have ever had in my opinion. His positional kicking was phenomenally good! He would have had many more caps if injury hadn't ended his career at the Rugby World Cup in 1987. His half-back partnership with Roy Laidlaw was magnificent!

[@philipraiswell3570]

Bad mistake by Roger Baird to give the ball up and allow the quick line out for the All Blacks first try.

[@user-te3jc3sl7r]

This nearly became Scotlands first ever win against NZ. Hard to know why Scotland hasn't beat the ABs in 118 years of playing them. They have beaten the Boks and Wallabies but not the ABs. Once Ireland finally won against them in 2016 after 111 years they have now beaten the ABs 3 out of the last 5 tests so who knows with Scotland maybe getting that first win and carrying it on.

[@petelosuaniu]

Some great tries scored by Bernie Fraser. Never saw him play but my dad and uncles did and they raved about him.

[@Cool2BCeltic]

Peter Dods missed a chance to make history.

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Dear old Brendan Telfer commentating.

[@jayaychare7318]

scotland's 80's team were belters

[@derekmmmm]

If only there was the voice of Bill McLaren

[@carldanelaubscher1489]

when the in goal area is the bigger the the 22m line

[@douglasherron7534]

The in goal area at Murrayfield has always been (and still is) huge.

[@santabeatrizgomez2380]

Excellent test-match! Why was at Murreyfield?.

[@douglasherron7534]

Was part of an All Black tour.

[@stuartmarshall2418]

Hairs standing up on the back of my neck I was a 17 year old and there towards the back of crowd in the corner of the Pollock try, I swear we moved forward 20 feet when Johnston kicked the ball and everyone jumped up to see

[@stuartfraser1856]

The All Blacks had been beaten by the Midlands at Leicester a few days before, I was there, now that's one I'd like to see uploaded. Dusty Hare dropped a goal from his own half from memory.

[@brettwilkinson9529]

That was 4 years before in 1979.

[@petedudson6671]

@@brettwilkinson9529 Northern Division beat us in 1979. not the Midlands.

[@alunmorgan2352]

Anyone see the cheap shot by there 11

[@dennism5731]

How the game has changed, some for the better, most for the worse. These were the days when lineouts were won by jumping the highest, no substitutes, rucking offside players was allowed, and no slow boring mauls, look at the white blanket charging towards the line in this clip - glorious sight. Glad I played in this era, I wouldn’t last 5 minutes with the big softies in todays game.

[@99waylon]

This was the tour when around 9-10 of the top All Blacks were all unavailable due to injuries and work commitments.

[@99waylon]

@Andy Butler Knight, Dalton, Ashworth, Haden, Whetton, Higginson, Loveridge, Hewson. There were a couple of others unavailable too. Arthur Stone was part of the Lions series. So, there's 9. Still rubbish?

[@99waylon]

@Andy Butler We are talking about 1983. All Blacks played the lions and Wallabies and all those names I mentioned played in those test. All Blacks were missing their whole tight 5 (plus Higginson) and Loveridge and Hewson for the end of year tour. That 1983 All Black team that played at full strength were unstoppable, so I would say that if all those players were available, they would have won all their games on tour. Stu Wilson wasn't that keen on being captain too. I still remember listening to the radio when they named the team to tour and I didn't know many of them. I was disappointed John Kiwan didn't make it after his outstanding debut season with Auckland. Bruce Smith got in after a couple of good seasons for Waikato.

[@fractalnomics]

Second drawn match between them.

[@craigturner2756]

I was there with my dad - jeez I thought we were going to win it - alas.....

[@wobblertv8083]

Beanie the firecracker Fraser ....great finisher.

[@melbeeswax6087]

These highlights clips are ruined if they don't show all of the scores.

[@petedudson6671]

We had a kickable penalty at the end reversed. Fraser was taken out high around the collar and swung out. The touch judge intervened and said he had thrown a punch so the penalty was reversed. Utter BS. However, despite this was a great game, one that stands in the memory.

[@dennism5731]

I was there, never forget it, we should have won.

[@sergev5063]

Les zrbitres ont toujours favorisé les NZ Allez l Ecosse

[@admiralbenbow5083]

5.05 LOL !! Test match tickets £15

[@rogerpattube]

why describe as "rarely seen"? Its got 33K views

[@smilodontiger5675]

Owing to a BBC strike the game was not shown on Grandstand as planned.

[@davidguy1469]

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[@waverunner3911]

Scotland played so well because they borrowed Englands kit a new what it felt to be a winner ✔️

[@colindouglas7769]

What a load of BS. Scotland traditionally wear their white shirts in matches at Murrayfield against New Zealand; New Zealand wear the white shirts against Scotland in New Zealand.

[@josephgilligan9698]

Only rugby game I was ever at. Aged 15. Great game.

[@johnlongstaff7350]

Slamming the 5 Nations in 1984 kind of made up for the disappointment.

[@smilodontiger5675]

Rugby was so much better to watch back then. England ruined it in the nineties.

[@sexobscura]

*McDonalds v KFC*

[@pauldolan9077]

Im sorry but the ABs should never have won t that game easily than draw it

[@richardlockhart960]

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[@jeymcbride8623]

Terrible all black side selected!

[@petedudson6671]

All our tight forwards from the Lions series and our top number 9 at the time didn't tour. It was the best available side. They were originally to tour Argentina but the tour was cancelled due to NZs support of the UK in the Falklands War.