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1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America

FieldValue
teamNew Zealand
yearstart1972
yearfinish1973
managerErnie Todd
captainIan Kirkpatrick
top point scorerJoe Karam (145)
top try scorerGrant Batty (21)
top test point scorerJoe Karam (27)
top test try scorerSid Going (2)
Alex Wyllie (2)
matchplayed32
matchwon25
matchdraw2
matchlost5
testplayed5
testwon3
testdraw1
testlost1
opponent1
played11
won11
draw10
lost10
opponent2
played21
won20
draw20
lost21
opponent3
played31
won30
draw31
lost30
opponent4
played41
won41
draw40
lost40
opponent5
played51
won51
draw50
lost50

| top test point scorer = Joe Karam (27) | top test try scorer = Sid Going (2) Alex Wyllie (2) 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".

Touring party

  • Manager: Ernie Todd
  • Assistant Manager: Bob Duff
  • Captain: Ian Kirkpatrick

Backs

  • Joe Karam (Wellington)
  • Trevor Morris (Nelson-Bays)
  • Bryan Williams (Auckland)
  • Grant Batty (Wellington)
  • Duncan Hales (Canterbury)
  • George Skudder (Waikato)
  • Bruce Robertson (Counties)
  • Ian Hurst (Canterbury)
  • Mike Parkinson (Poverty Bay)
  • Mark Sayers (Wellington)
  • Bob Burgess (Manawatu)
  • Ian Stevens (Wellington)
  • Sid Going (North Auckland)
  • Lin Colling (Otago)

Forwards

  • Alan Sutherland (Marlborough)
  • Alex Wyllie (Canterbury)
  • Bevan Holmes (North Auckland)
  • Ian Kirkpatrick (Poverty Bay)
  • Ken Stewart (Southland)
  • Alistair Scown (Taranaki)
  • Hamish Macdonald (Canterbury)
  • Ian Eliason (Taranaki)
  • Andy Haden (Auckland)
  • Peter Whiting (Auckland)
  • Keith Murdoch (Otago)
  • Jeff Matheson (Otago)
  • Kent Lambert (Manawatu)
  • Graham Whiting (King Country)
  • Ron Urlich (Auckland)
  • Tane Norton (Canterbury)
  • Lindsay Clark (Otago), replacement during tour
  • Sandy McNicol (Wanganui), replacement during tour

Test matches

Wales

Bennett (12 – 4pg) (15 – 5pg) Karam

N88Mervyn Davies
N88Alan Sutherland

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Scotland

McGeechan (3 – 1dg) (4 – 1t) Going (4 – 1t) Wyllie (2 – 1c) Karam

N88Peter Brown (c)
N88Alex Wyllie

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England

(2 – 1c) Karam (3 – 1dg) Williams

N88Andy Ripley
N88Alan Sutherland

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Ireland

McGann (6 – 2pg) (4 – 1t) Alex Wyllie (2 – 1c) Karam

N88Terry Moore
N88Alan Sutherland

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France

Dourthe (4 – 1t) Romeu (5 – 1c, 1pg)

N88Walter Spanghero (c)
N88Alan Sutherland

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Non-international matches

:Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

N°Opposing TeamFADateVenueCaptain
1British Columbia31919 October 1972British Columbia Brockton Oval, VancouverIan Kirkpatrick
2New York Metropolitan41921 October 1972New York Downing Stadium, New YorkSid Going
3Western Counties391228 October 1972England Kingsholm, GloucesterIan Kirkpatrick
4Llanelli3931 October 1972Wales Stradey Park, LlanelliIan Kirkpatrick
5Cardiff2044 November 1972Wales Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffIan Kirkpatrick
6Cambridge University3438 November 1972England Grange Road, CambridgeSid Going
7London Counties24311 November 1972England Twickenham, LondonIan Kirkpatrick
8Leinster17915 November 1972Republic of Ireland Lansdowne Road, DublinSid Going
9Ulster19618 November 1972Northern Ireland Ravenhill, BelfastIan Kirkpatrick
10North-Western Counties141621 November 1972England Ellis Sports Ground, WorkingtonIan Kirkpatrick
11Rest of Scottish Districts26623 November 1972Scotland Mansfield Park, HawickIan Kirkpatrick
12Gwent16728 November 1972Wales Welfare Sports Ground, Ebbw ValeIan Kirkpatrick
13Midland Counties (West)8166 December 1972England The Reddings, MoseleyIan Kirkpatrick
14North-Eastern Counties939 December 1972England Lidget Green, BradfordIan Kirkpatrick
15Glasgow - Edinburgh161012 December 1972Scotland Little Hughenden Park, GlasgowAlex Wyllie
16Southern Counties23620 December 1972England Iffley Road, OxfordIan Kirkpatrick
17Combined Services311026 December 1972England Twickenham, LondonAlex Wyllie
18East Glamorgan20930 December 1972Wales Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffIan Kirkpatrick
19South-Western Counties3072 January 1973England The Recreation Ground, RedruthIan Kirkpatrick
20Newport201510 January 1973Wales Rodney Parade, NewportSid Going
21Midland Counties (East)431213 January 1973England Welford Road, LeicesterIan Kirkpatrick
22Munster3316 January 1973Republic of Ireland Musgrave Park, CorkAlex Wyllie
23Neath and Aberavon43324 January 1973Wales The Gnoll, NeathIan Kirkpatrick
24Barbarians112327 January 1973Wales Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffIan Kirkpatrick
25South-West Selection12331 January 1973France Tarbes Stadium, TarbesIan Kirkpatrick
26France 'B'2383 February 1973France Stade Municipal, LyonIan Kirkpatrick
27French Selection637 February 1973France Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-FerrandSid Going

Barbarians

Main article: Barbarians vs New Zealand, 1973

Slattery Bevan Williams

N88WAL Derek Quinnell
N88Alex Wyllie

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References

References

  1. "Stats | allblacks.com".
  2. [[Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union. Gloucestershire]] and [[Somerset Rugby Football Union. Somerset]]
  3. Cornwall and Devon
  4. [[East Midlands Rugby Football Union. East Midlands]], [[Leicestershire Rugby Union. Leicestershire]], [[Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Rugby Football Union. Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire]]
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