Rugby Union | 1980s | Most team points at halftime without winning the match

Team	HTf	HTa	Result	For	Aga	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
Ireland	21	19	lost	21	37	v Scotland	Murrayfield	4 Mar 1989	Details
New Zealand	18	9	drawn	21	21	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	2 Nov 1985	Details
Ireland	18	7	lost	21	26	v France	Lansdowne Road	21 Jan 1989	Details
Zimbabwe	17	9	lost	23	25	v Romania	Bulawayo	26 Jun 1982	Details
Scotland	17	10	lost	20	25	v Wales	Cardiff	20 Feb 1988	Details
Scotland	16	15	drawn	25	25	v New Zealand	Murrayfield	12 Nov 1983	Details
Scotland	16	9	lost	22	28	v Romania	Bucharest	12 May 1984	Details
Australia	16	6	drawn	19	19	v New Zealand	Brisbane	16 Jul 1988	Details
Ireland	15	15	lost	15	23	v South Africa	Cape Town	30 May 1981	Details
Australia	15	12	lost	15	24	v Scotland	Murrayfield	19 Dec 1981	Details
Zimbabwe	15	18	lost	24	25	v Romania	Harare	1982	Details
Australia	15	12	lost	18	33	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Sep 1982	Details
Scotland	15	15	lost	15	19	v France	Parc des Princes	5 Feb 1983	Details
New Zealand	15	16	drawn	25	25	v Scotland	Murrayfield	12 Nov 1983	Details
Australia	15	19	lost	24	25	v New Zealand	Sydney	18 Aug 1984	Details
Korea	15	25	lost	18	65	v Australia	Brisbane	17 May 1987	Details
Australia	15	13	lost	21	22	v Wales	Rotorua	18 Jun 1987	Details
Argentina	15	12	lost	15	18	v France	Buenos Aires	18 Jun 1988	Details
Argentina	14	15	lost	20	33	v New Zealand	Buenos Aires	26 Oct 1985	Details
Japan	13	3	lost	13	15	v Netherlands	Hilversum	4 Oct 1980	Details
Switzerland	13	20	lost	19	36	v Serbia & Mon	Split	27 Nov 1982	Details
England	13	12	lost	13	18	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1 Jun 1985	Details
Scotland	13	6	drawn	20	20	v France	Christchurch	23 May 1987	Details
Japan	13	16	lost	23	42	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jun 1987	Details
Australia	13	3	lost	19	27	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	7 Nov 1987	Details
England	13	3	lost	16	22	v Australia	Brisbane	29 May 1988	Details
Fiji	13	20	lost	23	58	v England	Twickenham	4 Nov 1989	Details
Australia	13	6	lost	19	25	v France	Lille	11 Nov 1989	Details
England	12	10	lost	15	25	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	19 Mar 1983	Details
England	12	12	lost	15	33	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	2 Jun 1984	Details
Australia	12	6	lost	15	19	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Aug 1984	Details
S America	12	10	lost	15	32	v South Africa	Pretoria	20 Oct 1984	Details
Ireland	12	9	drawn	15	15	v France	Lansdowne Road	2 Mar 1985	Details
Switzerland	12	22	lost	12	30	v Germany	Heidelburg	31 Mar 1985	Details
Switzerland	12	4	lost	12	19	v Netherlands	Hilversum	20 Apr 1985	Details
England	12	12	lost	15	24	v Wales	Cardiff	20 Apr 1985	Details
Japan	12	12	lost	15	33	v Ireland XV	Tokyo	2 Jun 1985	Details
Ireland	12	4	lost	12	19	v Wales	Lansdowne Road	15 Feb 1986	Details
Romania	12	15	lost	18	33	v Scotland	Bucharest	29 Mar 1986	Details
Fiji	12	13	lost	15	22	v Wales	Suva	31 May 1986	Details
Japan	12	6	lost	12	39	v England XV	Twickenham	11 Oct 1986	Details
USA	12	12	lost	16	27	v Canada	Tucson	8 Nov 1986	Details
Japan	12	9	lost	22	24	v Korea	Bangkok	29 Nov 1986	Details
Romania	12	12	lost	12	55	v France	Wellington	28 May 1987	Details
Canada	12	16	lost	19	46	v Ireland	Dunedin	30 May 1987	Details
Switzerland	12	12	lost	12	26	v Denmark	Saint-Pierre des Corps	2 May 1989	Details
Argentina	12	15	lost	12	49	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Jul 1989	Details
France	12	10	lost	15	32	v Australia	Strasbourg	4 Nov 1989	Details
Zimbabwe	11	3	lost	20	21	v Romania	Auckland	23 May 1987	Details
Japan	11	15	lost	18	21	v USA	Brisbane	24 May 1987	Details

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Scotland v Romania at Murrayfield, Dec 9, 1989 [32-0 FT]

Ireland v New Zealand at Lansdowne Road, Nov 18, 1989 [6-23 FT]

Netherlands v Emerging Wallabies at Hilversum, Nov 17, 1989 [15-32 FT]