Australia and New Zealand in 1990
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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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Collingwood
def. Essendon, 89-41
Canberra Raiders
def. Penrith, 18-14
New South Wales
def. Queensland, 2-1
New Zealand
def. Australia, 1-2
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sSteffi Graf
- Date
- 27 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sIvan Lendl
- Date
- 28 Jan
February: nothing in this view
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldNew South Wales
- Season
- 1989-90
Apr to May: nothing in this view
June
- NRLState of OriginNew South Wales def. Queensland, 2-1
- Runner-up
- Queensland
- Venue
- Lang Park
- Date
- 13 Jun
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 14, New South Wales 10
July: nothing in this view
August
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 1-2
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 18 Aug
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- BasketballNBLPerth Wildcats def. Brisbane Bullets
- Season
- 1990
- Runner-up
- Brisbane Bullets
September
- NRLNSWRLCanberra Raiders def. Penrith, 18-14
- Runner-up
- Penrith
- Venue
- Old S.F.S.
- Date
- 23 Sep
October
- AFLAFLCollingwood def. Essendon, 89-41
- Runner-up
- Essendon
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 6 Oct
- Rugby unionNPCAuckland def. Waikato
- Runner-up
- Waikato
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
November
- F1Australian Grand PrixNelson Piquet (Benetton)
- Venue
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Date
- 4 Nov
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 16, Adelaide
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestAustralia def. England, Australia won by 8 wickets
- Runner-up
- England
- 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 union3-0-3
Beat New Zealand
- Men's football1-0-2
Beat Indonesia
- Men's basketball4-0-4
Beat Brazil
- Women's basketball3-0-5
Beat Bulgaria
- Men's cricket
Test 3-2-1 · ODI 19-0-4
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union6-0-1
Beat Australia
- Men's football2-0-0
Beat China
- Men's cricket
Test 2-4-4 · ODI 6-0-15
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
Collingwood AFL
Top club on the Line, 1669
City of the year
- Auckland1
- Canberra1
- Melbourne1
Titles by metro
- Auckland: NPC
- Canberra: NSWRL
- Melbourne: AFL
- Perth: NBL
- Sydney: Sheffield Shield
Since 1897, to 1990: Sydney 120, Melbourne 113
Trans-Tasman
Australia 8, New Zealand 4
By sport
- ODI cricket: Australia 7, New Zealand 1
- Test cricket: Australia 0, New Zealand 1
- Rugby union, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 2