Australia and New Zealand in 1998
PreviewPlayed: 12.
Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Adelaide
def. North Melbourne, 105-70
Brisbane Broncos
def. Canterbury-Bankstown, 38-12
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 2-1
Australia
def. New Zealand, 3-0
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sMartina Hingis
- Date
- 31 Jan
February
- TennisAustralian Open men'sPetr Korda
- Date
- 1 Feb
March
- F1Australian Grand PrixMika Häkkinen (McLaren)
- Venue
- Albert Park
- Date
- 8 Mar
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 1, Melbourne
- CricketSheffield ShieldWestern Australia
- Season
- 1997-98
April: nothing in this view
May
- Rugby unionSuper RugbyCrusaders def. Blues
- Runner-up
- Blues
June
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Sydney Football Stadium
- Date
- 19 Jun
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 19, New South Wales 4
July: nothing in this view
August
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupAustralia def. New Zealand, 3-0
- Runner-up
- New Zealand
- Date
- 29 Aug
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- BasketballNBLAdelaide 36ers def. S.E. Melbourne Magic
- Season
- 1998
- Runner-up
- S.E. Melbourne Magic
September
- AFLAFLAdelaide def. North Melbourne, 105-70
- Runner-up
- North Melbourne
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 26 Sep
- NRLNRLBrisbane Broncos def. Canterbury-Bankstown, 38-12
- Runner-up
- Canterbury-Bankstown
- Venue
- Old S.F.S.
- Date
- 27 Sep
October
- Rugby unionNPCOtago def. Waikato, 49-20
- Runner-up
- Waikato
- Venue
- Carisbrook
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship
November: nothing in this view
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestEngland def. Australia, England won by 12 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 union11-0-2
Beat New Zealand
- Men's football4-1-4
Beat South Korea
- Women's football4-0-0
Beat New Zealand
- Men's basketball5-0-3
Beat Lithuania
- Women's basketball1-0-1
Beat Spain
- Men's cricket
Test 5-4-3 · ODI 15-0-10
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union2-0-5
Beat England
- Men's football4-1-1OFC Nations Cup
Beat Australia
- Women's football3-0-1
Beat Samoa
- Men's cricket
Test 4-0-2 · ODI 9-0-12
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
Adelaide AFL
Top club on the Line, 1701
City of the year
- Adelaide2
- Brisbane1
- Christchurch1
Titles by metro
- Adelaide: AFL, NBL
- Brisbane: NRL
- Christchurch: Super Rugby
- Dunedin: NPC
- Perth: Sheffield Shield
Since 1897, to 1998: Sydney 125, Melbourne 123
Trans-Tasman
Australia 9, New Zealand 4
By sport
- ODI cricket: Australia 5, New Zealand 3
- Football, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 1
- Football, women: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 3, New Zealand 0