Australia and New Zealand in 1989
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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. Geelong, 144-138
Canberra Raiders
def. Balmain, 19-14
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 3-0
Australia
def. England, 4-0 (2 drawn)
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sSteffi Graf
- Date
- 28 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sIvan Lendl
- Date
- 29 Jan
February: nothing in this view
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldWestern Australia
- Season
- 1988-89
Apr to May: nothing in this view
June
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 3-0
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Lang Park
- Date
- 28 Jun
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 36, New South Wales 16
July: nothing in this view
August
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 0-1
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 5 Aug
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- CricketThe AshesAustralia def. England, 4-0 (2 drawn)
- Runner-up
- England
- Date
- 24 Aug
- Note
- Series in England; date is the start of the last Test
- BasketballNBLNorth Melbourne Giants def. Canberra Cannons
- Season
- 1989
- Runner-up
- Canberra Cannons
September
- NRLNSWRLCanberra Raiders def. Balmain, 19-14
- Runner-up
- Balmain
- Venue
- Old S.F.S.
- Date
- 24 Sep
- AFLVFLHawthorn def. Geelong, 144-138
- Runner-up
- Geelong
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 30 Sep
October
- Rugby unionNPCAuckland def. Canterbury
- Runner-up
- Canterbury
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
November
- F1Australian Grand PrixThierry Boutsen (Williams)
- Venue
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Date
- 5 Nov
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 16, Adelaide
December: nothing in this view
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union1-0-2
Beat France
- Men's football1-2-1
Beat New Zealand
- Women's football1-0-2
Beat Papua New Guinea
- Men's basketball2-0-0
Beat New Zealand
- Men's cricket
Test 6-5-0 · ODI 10-1-7
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union7-0-0
Beat France
- Men's football1-1-2
Beat Australia
- Women's football3-0-1
Beat Taiwan
- Men's basketball0-0-2
- Men's cricket
Test 0-3-0 · ODI 4-0-1
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
Hawthorn AFL
Top club on the Line, 1721
City of the year
- Melbourne2
- Auckland1
- Canberra1
Titles by metro
- Melbourne: NBL, VFL
- Auckland: NPC
- Canberra: NSWRL
- Perth: Sheffield Shield
Since 1897, to 1989: Sydney 119, Melbourne 112
Trans-Tasman
Australia 3, New Zealand 3, drawn 1
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- Test cricket: Australia 0, New Zealand 0, drawn 1
- Football, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 1
- Football, women: Australia 0, New Zealand 1
- Rugby union, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 1