Australia and New Zealand in 1981
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Carlton
def. Collingwood, 92-72
Parramatta
def. Newtown, 20-11
England
def. Australia, 1-3 (2 drawn)
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open men'sJohan Kriek
February: nothing in this view
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldWestern Australia
- Season
- 1980-81
Apr to Jul: nothing in this view
August
- CricketThe AshesEngland def. Australia, 1-3 (2 drawn)
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 27 Aug
- Note
- Series in England; date is the start of the last Test
- BasketballNBLLaunceston Casino City def. Eastside Spectres
- Season
- 1981
- Runner-up
- Eastside Spectres
September
- AFLVFLCarlton def. Collingwood, 92-72
- Runner-up
- Collingwood
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 26 Sep
- NRLNSWRLParramatta def. Newtown, 20-11
- Runner-up
- Newtown
- Venue
- S.C.G.
- Date
- 27 Sep
October
- Rugby unionNPCWellington def. Manawatu
- Runner-up
- Manawatu
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
November: nothing in this view
December
- TennisAustralian Open women'sMartina Navratilova
- Date
- 6 Dec
- CricketBoxing Day TestAustralia def. West Indies, Australia won by 58 runs
- Runner-up
- West Indies
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against West Indies; the Test starts on 26 December
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union3-0-2
Beat France
- Men's football4-1-2
Beat Fiji
- Men's basketball2-0-0
Beat New Zealand
- Men's cricket
Test 5-3-5 · ODI 10-0-6
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union6-0-1
Beat South Africa
- Men's football10-7-2
Beat Australia
- Women's football2-0-0
Beat Taiwan
- Men's basketball0-0-2
- Men's cricket
Test 1-2-0 · ODI 6-0-3
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
Parramatta NRL
Top club on the Line, 1679
City of the year
- Launceston1
- Melbourne1
- Perth1
Titles by metro
- Launceston: NBL
- Melbourne: VFL
- Perth: Sheffield Shield
- Sydney: NSWRL
- Wellington: NPC
Since 1897, to 1981: Sydney 109, Melbourne 103
Trans-Tasman
Australia 5, New Zealand 3, drawn 1
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- ODI cricket: Australia 3, New Zealand 2
- Football, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 1, drawn 1