The referee of the match was the Australian Kerry Fitzgerald and the touch judges were Jim Fleming and Brian Anderson, both from Scotland.

In front of a capacity crowd at Eden Park, hosts New Zealand met France in the inaugural Rugby World Cup final.

Jones' try was converted by Fox, a tense final was finely balanced at half time with New Zealand leading France 9–0.

Tries by David Kirk and John Kirwan together with the relentlessly accurate goal-kicking of Fox meant that going into the final moments New Zealand led 29–3.

It was however fitting that tries from three stars of the tournament, Jones, Kirk and Kirwan, won the contest and gave New Zealand the Webb Ellis Cup.