Series of rugby union matches
The 1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of the Britain, Ireland, France and North America was a collection of 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 seventh tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the All Blacks lost to the invitational Barbarians team.
In the club matches, the team only lost to Llanelli , North-Western Counties, Midland Counties (West), and the 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".
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Test matches [ edit ] Scotland [ edit ] England [ edit ] Ireland [ edit ] Non-international matches [ edit ] Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first. [1] N° Opposing Team F A Date Venue Captain 1 British Columbia 31 9 19 October 1972 Brockton Oval, Vancouver Ian Kirkpatrick 2 New York Metropolitan 41 9 21 October 1972 Downing Stadium , New York Sid Going 3 Western Counties[2] 39 12 28 October 1972 Kingsholm , Gloucester Ian Kirkpatrick 4 Llanelli 3 9 31 October 1972 Stradey Park , Llanelli Ian Kirkpatrick 5 Cardiff 20 4 4 November 1972 Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Ian Kirkpatrick 6 Cambridge University 34 3 8 November 1972 Grange Road, Cambridge Sid Going 7 London Counties 24 3 11 November 1972 Twickenham , London Ian Kirkpatrick 8 Leinster 17 9 15 November 1972 Lansdowne Road , Dublin Sid Going 9 Ulster 19 6 18 November 1972 Ravenhill , Belfast Ian Kirkpatrick 10 North-Western Counties 14 16 21 November 1972 Ellis Sports Ground, Workington Ian Kirkpatrick 11 Rest of Scottish Districts 26 6 23 November 1972 Mansfield Park , Hawick Ian Kirkpatrick 12 Gwent 16 7 28 November 1972 Welfare Sports Ground, Ebbw Vale Ian Kirkpatrick 13 Midland Counties (West) 8 16 6 December 1972 The Reddings, Moseley Ian Kirkpatrick 14 North-Eastern Counties 9 3 9 December 1972 Lidget Green, Bradford Ian Kirkpatrick 15 Glasgow - Edinburgh 16 10 12 December 1972 Little Hughenden Park, Glasgow Alex Wyllie 16 Southern Counties 23 6 20 December 1972 Iffley Road , Oxford Ian Kirkpatrick 17 Combined Services 31 10 26 December 1972 Twickenham , London Alex Wyllie 18 East Glamorgan 20 9 30 December 1972 Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Ian Kirkpatrick 19 South-Western Counties[3] 30 7 2 January 1973 The Recreation Ground, Redruth Ian Kirkpatrick 20 Newport 20 15 10 January 1973 Rodney Parade , Newport Sid Going 21 Midland Counties (East)[4] 43 12 13 January 1973 Welford Road , Leicester Ian Kirkpatrick 22 Munster 3 3 16 January 1973 Musgrave Park , Cork Alex Wyllie 23 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 South-West Selection 12 3 31 January 1973 Tarbes Stadium, Tarbes Ian Kirkpatrick 26 France 'B' 23 8 3 February 1973 Stade Municipal , Lyon Ian Kirkpatrick 27 French Selection 6 3 7 February 1973 Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand Sid Going
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