1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America |
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Manager |
Ernie Todd |
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Tour captain(s) |
Ian Kirkpatrick |
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Summary |
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Total |
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Test match |
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Opponent |
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Wales |
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Scotland |
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England |
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France |
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The 1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of the Britain, Ireland, France and North America was a collection of friendly rugby union test match games undertaken by the All Blacks against England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France. The tour also took in several matches against British, Irish, French and North American club, county and invitational teams. This was the sixth tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the All Blacks lost to the invitational Barbarians team.
The team only lost to Llanelli, North-Western Counties, Midland Counties (West), Barbarians and drew with Munster. In the tests played the team won against Wales, Scotland and England, drew with Ireland and lost to France. This was their fifth "Grand Slam tour" after 1905–06 (Lost to Wales), 1935–36 (Lost to Wales and England), 1953–54 (Lost to Wales), 1963–64 (Drew with Scotland). They had to wait until 1978 for a "Grand Slam".
Test matches
Tries:
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Drop:
Wales
Scotland
England
Ireland
France
Non-International Matches
- Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.[1]
N° | Opposing Team | F | A | Date | Venue | Captain |
1 | British Columbia ! British Columbia | 31 | 9 | 19 October 1972 | Brockton Oval, Vancouver | Ian Kirkpatrick |
2 | New York ! New York Metropolitan | 41 | 9 | 21 October 1972 | Downing Stadium, New York | Sid Going |
3 | England ! Western Counties[2] | 39 | 12 | 28 October 1972 | Kingsholm, Gloucester | Ian Kirkpatrick |
4 | Wales ! Llanelli | 3 | 9 | 31 October 1972 | Stradey Park, Llanelli | Ian Kirkpatrick |
5 | Wales ! Cardiff | 20 | 4 | 4 November 1972 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Ian Kirkpatrick |
6 | England ! Cambridge University | 34 | 3 | 8 November 1972 | Grange Road, Cambridge | Sid Going |
7 | England ! London Counties | 24 | 3 | 11 November 1972 | Twickenham, London | Ian Kirkpatrick |
8 | Leinster ! Leinster | 17 | 9 | 15 November 1972 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | Sid Going |
9 | Ulster ! Ulster | 19 | 6 | 18 November 1972 | Ravenhill, Belfast | Ian Kirkpatrick |
10 | England ! North-Western Counties | 14 | 16 | 22 November 1972 | Ellis Sports Ground, Workington | Ian Kirkpatrick |
11 | Scotland ! Rest of Scottish Districts | 26 | 6 | 25 November 1972 | Mansfield Park, Hawick | Ian Kirkpatrick |
12 | Wales ! Gwent | 16 | 7 | 28 November 1972 | Welfare Sports Ground, Ebbw Vale | Ian Kirkpatrick |
13 | England ! Midland Counties (West) | 8 | 16 | 6 December 1972 | The Reddings, Moseley | Ian Kirkpatrick |
14 | England ! North-Eastern Counties | 9 | 3 | 9 December 1972 | Lidget Green, Bradford | Ian Kirkpatrick |
15 | Scotland ! Glasgow and Edinburgh | 16 | 10 | 12 December 1972 | Little Hughenden Park, Glasgow | Alex Wyllie |
16 | England ! Southern Counties | 23 | 6 | 20 December 1972 | Iffley Road, Oxford | Ian Kirkpatrick |
17 | England ! Combined Services | 31 | 10 | 26 December 1972 | Twickenham, London | Alex Wyllie |
18 | Wales ! East Glamorgan | 20 | 9 | 30 December 1972 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Ian Kirkpatrick |
19 | England ! South-Western Counties[3] | 30 | 7 | 2 January 1973 | The Recreation Ground, Redruth | Ian Kirkpatrick |
20 | Wales ! Newport | 20 | 15 | 10 January 1973 | Rodney Parade, Newport | Sid Going |
21 | England ! Midland Counties (East)[4] | 43 | 12 | 13 January 1973 | Welford Road, Leicester | Ian Kirkpatrick |
22 | Munster ! Munster | 3 | 3 | 16 January 1973 | Musgrave Park, Cork | Alex Wyllie |
23 | Wales ! Neath and Aberavon | 43 | 3 | 24 January 1973 | The Gnoll, Neath | Ian Kirkpatrick |
24 | Barbarians | 11 | 23 | 27 January 1973 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Ian Kirkpatrick |
25 | France ! South-West Selection | 12 | 3 | 31 January 1973 | Tarbes Stadium, Tarbes | Ian Kirkpatrick |
26 | France ! France 'B' | 23 | 8 | 3 February 1973 | Stade Municipal, Lyon | Ian Kirkpatrick |
27 | France ! French Selection | 6 | 3 | 7 February 1973 | Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand | Sid Going |
Barbarians
Touring party
Backs
Forwards
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