New Zealand have beaten a South American team for the first time ever, as the All Whites outplayed Chile 4-1 in the FIFA Series at Eden Park.

Goals by Kosta Barbarouses, Eli Just, Jesse Randall and Ben Waine gave the crowd plenty to cheer as the All Whites played their last game on home soil ahead of June’s FIFA Men’s World Cup.

Chile, who played for more than an hour with 10 men after the dismissal of Dario Osorio, scored a late consolation goal byGonzalo Tapia.

Main photo: All smiles for striker Kosta Barbarouses after he opens the goalscoring for New Zealand.

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Results

Game played on Monday March 30, 2026

New Zealand 4 (Kosta Barbarouses 31′, Eli Just 40′, Jesse Randall 60′, Ben Waine 71′)
Chile 1 (Gonzalo Tapia 83′)

Line-ups

New Zealand

12. Alex Paulsen (Gk), 2. Tim Payne (24. Callan Elliot 66′), 4. Tyler Bindon, 16. Finn Surman, 19. Ben Old (15. James McGarry 67′), 6. Joe Bell (14. Alex Rufer 72′), 8. Marko Stamenic (captain) (25. Andre De Jong 77′), 9. Jesse Randall (7. Logan Rogerson 77′), 11. Elijah Just (10. Lachlan Bayliss 72′), 17. Kosta Barbarouses (18. Ben Waine 67′), 20. Callum McCowatt (23. Ryan Thomas 67′).

Subs not used: 1. Max Crocombe (Gk), 22. Michael Woud, 21. Bill Tuiloma.

Chile

12, Lawrence Vigouroux (Gk), 3. Guillermo Maripan, 4. Igor Lichnovsky (13. Benjamin Kuscevic 45′), 17. Gabriel Suazo (captain), 21. Ian Garguez, 11. Dario Osorio, 20. Javier Altamirano (10. Lucas Cepeda 45′), 26. Felipe Faúndez (19. Maximiliano Gutiérrez 45′), 6. Vicente Pizarro (18. Rodrigo Echeverria 67′), 8. Felipe Loyola (14. Ignacio Saavedra 67′), 22. Ben Brereton (16. Gonzalo Tapia 45′).

Subs not used: 1. Thomas Gillier (Gk), 23. Sebastián Mella, 5. Ivan Roman, 24. Diego Ulloa, 7. Lautaro Millán, 25. Felipe Ogaz, 9. Alexander Aravena, 15. Benjamín Chandía.

Officials

Referee: Jack Morgan
Assistant referees: Arvin Shanmuganathan, Ashley Beecham.
Fourth official: Casey Reibelt.

Eden Park … hosted a happy farewell for the All Whites. Photo credit: Rachel Lilburn.

This story was first published on March 30, 2026.

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