Episode 3 of 4

Scoring Rules

When: 1888
Where: New Zealand and Australian states
Part of: First British rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

For games in New Zealand and certain Australian states, a try was worth one point, a conversion two, and a drop goal three.

For games played in New Zealand and the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia, a try was worth one point, a conversion was worth two points, and a drop goal was worth three points. The team played 35 games of rugby union and 19 games of Victorian Rules Football.

Sources

1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-11

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