Australia and New Zealand in 1997
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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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Adelaide
def. St Kilda, 125-94
Brisbane Broncos
def. Cronulla-Sutherland, 26-8
New South Wales
def. Queensland, 2-1
Australia
def. England, 3-2 (1 drawn)
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sMartina Hingis
- Date
- 25 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sPete Sampras
- Date
- 26 Jan
February: nothing in this view
March
- F1Australian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard (McLaren)
- Venue
- Albert Park
- Date
- 9 Mar
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 1, Melbourne
- CricketSheffield ShieldQueensland
- Season
- 1996-97
April: nothing in this view
May
- Rugby unionSuper RugbyBlues def. ACT Brumbies
- Runner-up
- ACT Brumbies
June
- NRLState of OriginNew South Wales def. Queensland, 2-1
- Runner-up
- Queensland
- Venue
- Sydney Football Stadium
- Date
- 25 Jun
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 18, New South Wales 12
July: nothing in this view
August
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 0-3
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 16 Aug
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- CricketThe AshesAustralia def. England, 3-2 (1 drawn)
- Runner-up
- England
- Date
- 21 Aug
- Note
- Series in England; date is the start of the last Test
- BasketballNBLMelbourne United def. S.E. Melbourne Magic
- Season
- 1997
- Runner-up
- S.E. Melbourne Magic
September
- NRLSuper LeagueBrisbane Broncos def. Cronulla-Sutherland, 26-8
- Runner-up
- Cronulla-Sutherland
- Venue
- QE II
- Date
- 20 Sep
- AFLAFLAdelaide def. St Kilda, 125-94
- Runner-up
- St Kilda
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 27 Sep
- NRLARLNewcastle Knights def. Manly Warringah, 22-16
- Runner-up
- Manly Warringah
- Venue
- Old S.F.S.
- Date
- 28 Sep
October
- Rugby unionNPCCanterbury def. Counties Manukau, 44-13
- Runner-up
- Counties Manukau
- Venue
- Lancaster Park
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship
November: nothing in this view
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestDrawn, Match drawn
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against South Africa; 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 union6-1-5
Beat South Africa
- Men's football13-3-2
Beat Norway
- Women's football1-0-2
Beat Canada
- Men's basketball3-0-0
Beat New Zealand
- Men's cricket
Test 8-3-4 · ODI 7-0-12
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union10-1-0
Beat South Africa
- Men's football3-0-7
Beat Fiji
- Men's basketball1-0-2
Beat New Caledonia
- Men's cricket
Test 2-4-4 · ODI 6-2-9
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
Brisbane Broncos NRL
Top club on the Line, 1704
City of the year
- Brisbane2
- Adelaide1
- Auckland1
Titles by metro
- Brisbane: Sheffield Shield, Super League
- Adelaide: AFL
- Auckland: Super Rugby
- Christchurch: NPC
- Melbourne: NBL
- Newcastle-Maitland: ARL
Since 1897, to 1997: Sydney 125, Melbourne 123
Trans-Tasman
Australia 9, New Zealand 3, drawn 1
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- ODI cricket: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- Test cricket: Australia 2, New Zealand 0, drawn 1
- Football, men: Australia 3, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 3
This year in history
- Two competitions ran side by side: Newcastle Knights won the ARL premiership and Brisbane Broncos won Super League.