Australia and New Zealand in 1991
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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. West Coast, 139-86
Penrith
def. Canberra Raiders, 19-12
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 2-1
Australia
def. England, 3-0 (2 drawn)
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sMonica Seles
- Date
- 26 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sBoris Becker
- Date
- 27 Jan
February
- CricketThe AshesAustralia def. England, 3-0 (2 drawn)
- Runner-up
- England
- Date
- 1 Feb
- Note
- Series in Australia; date is the start of the last Test
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldVictoria
- Season
- 1990-91
Apr to May: nothing in this view
June
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Lang Park
- Date
- 12 Jun
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 14, New South Wales 12
July: nothing in this view
August
- BasketballNBLPerth Wildcats def. Eastside Spectres
- Season
- 1991
- Runner-up
- Eastside Spectres
September
- NRLNSWRLPenrith def. Canberra Raiders, 19-12
- Runner-up
- Canberra Raiders
- Venue
- Old S.F.S.
- Date
- 22 Sep
- AFLAFLHawthorn def. West Coast, 139-86
- Runner-up
- West Coast
- Venue
- Waverley Park
- Date
- 28 Sep
October
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupAustralia def. New Zealand, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New Zealand
- Date
- 27 Oct
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- Rugby unionNPCOtago def. Auckland
- Runner-up
- Auckland
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
November
- Rugby unionRugby World CupAustralia
- Date
- 2 Nov
- F1Australian Grand PrixAyrton Senna (McLaren)
- Venue
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Date
- 3 Nov
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 16, Adelaide
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestAustralia def. India, Australia won by 8 wickets
- Runner-up
- India
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against India; 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 union9-0-1Rugby World Cup
Beat New Zealand
- Men's football2-1-3
Beat New Zealand
- Women's football3-0-1
Beat New Zealand
- Men's basketball2-0-0
Beat New Zealand
- Men's cricket
Test 4-4-2 · ODI 12-0-2
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union8-0-2
Beat Australia
- Men's football0-0-4
- Women's football3-0-4
Beat Australia
- Men's basketball0-0-2
- Men's cricket
Test 0-3-0 · ODI 5-0-3
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
Penrith NRL
Top club on the Line, 1685
City of the year
- Melbourne2
- Dunedin1
- Perth1
Titles by metro
- Melbourne: AFL, Sheffield Shield
- Dunedin: NPC
- Perth: NBL
- Sydney: NSWRL
Since 1897, to 1991: Sydney 121, Melbourne 115
Trans-Tasman
Australia 10, New Zealand 2
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- ODI cricket: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- Football, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- Football, women: Australia 1, New Zealand 1
- Rugby union, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 1
- Volleyball, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 0