Australia and New Zealand in 1986
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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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Hawthorn
def. Carlton, 110-68
Parramatta
def. Canterbury-Bankstown, 4-2
New South Wales
def. Queensland, 3-0
Australia
def. New Zealand, 2-1
The year, month by month
Jan to Feb: nothing in this view
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldNew South Wales
- Season
- 1985-86
Apr to Jun: nothing in this view
July
- NRLState of OriginNew South Wales def. Queensland, 3-0
- Runner-up
- Queensland
- Venue
- Lang Park
- Date
- 1 Jul
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: New South Wales 18, Queensland 16
August
- BasketballNBLAdelaide 36ers def. Brisbane Bullets
- Season
- 1986
- Runner-up
- Brisbane Bullets
September
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupAustralia def. New Zealand, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New Zealand
- Date
- 6 Sep
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- AFLVFLHawthorn def. Carlton, 110-68
- Runner-up
- Carlton
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 27 Sep
- NRLNSWRLParramatta def. Canterbury-Bankstown, 4-2
- Runner-up
- Canterbury-Bankstown
- Venue
- S.C.G.
- Date
- 28 Sep
October
- F1Australian Grand PrixAlain Prost (McLaren)
- Venue
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Date
- 26 Oct
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 16, Adelaide
- Rugby unionNPCWellington def. Auckland
- Runner-up
- Auckland
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
November: nothing in this view
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestEngland def. Australia, England won by an innings and 14 runs
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against England; 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 union6-0-1
Beat New Zealand
- Men's football2-2-2
Beat China
- Women's football1-0-2
Beat New Zealand
- Men's basketball2-0-3
Beat Israel
- Men's cricket
Test 0-8-3 · ODI 12-0-9
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union3-0-3
Beat Australia
- Men's football2-1-1
Beat Fiji
- Women's football0-0-2
- Men's basketball1-0-4
Beat Malaysia
- Men's cricket
Test 2-4-0 · ODI 7-0-12
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, 1681
City of the year
- Sydney2
- Adelaide1
- Melbourne1
Titles by metro
- Sydney: NSWRL, Sheffield Shield
- Adelaide: NBL
- Melbourne: VFL
- Wellington: NPC
Since 1897, to 1986: Sydney 117, Melbourne 108
Trans-Tasman
Australia 9, New Zealand 5, drawn 3
By sport
- ODI cricket: Australia 5, New Zealand 3
- Test cricket: Australia 0, New Zealand 1, drawn 2
- Football, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 0, drawn 1
- Football, women: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 1