The New Zealand national rugby league team lost to Australia 1-2 in the three match test series.
Following the pioneering 1907-08 All Golds tour, rugby league was developing in both New Zealand and Australia.
A successful 1908 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia had taken place and helped the NSWRFL establish itself in Sydney.
[3] The full squad was; Henry Knight and Billy Cann were sent off by referee Charles Hutchinson in the second half after an altercation.
It was the last test between Australia and New Zealand on Australian soil until 1948[3] The Australians were awarded the Black and White Challenge Cup for winning the series and the New Zealanders left Australia on the steamer Ulimaroa the same day.