1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
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 sixth tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the All Blacks lost to the invitational Barbarians team.
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| Manager | Ernie Todd | ||||
| Tour captain(s) | Ian Kirkpatrick | ||||
| Top point scorer(s) | Joe Karam (145) | ||||
| Top try scorer(s) | Grant Batty (21) | ||||
| Top test point scorer(s) | Joe Karam (27) | ||||
| Top test try scorer(s) | Sid Going (2) Alex Wyllie (2) | ||||
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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".
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
Tour itinerary
Test matches
Tries: Con: Pen: Drop:
Wales
2 December 1972 |
| Wales |
16–19 |  |
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| Bevan (4 – 1t) Bennett (12 – 4pg) |
Report | (4 – 1t) Murdoch (15 – 5pg) Karam |
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Scotland
16 December 1972 |
| Scotland |
9–14 | |
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| Irvine (6 – 2pg) McGeechan (3 – 1dg) |
Report | (4 – 1t) Batty (4 – 1t) Going (4 – 1t) Wyllie (2 – 1c) Karam |
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England
6 January 1973 |
| England |
0–9 | |
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| Report | (4 – 1t) Kirkpatrick (2 – 1c) Karam (3 – 1dg) Williams |
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Ireland
20 January 1973 |
| Ireland |
10–10 | |
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| Grace (4 – 1t) McGann (6 – 2pg) |
Report | (4 – 1t) Going (4 – 1t) Alex Wyllie (2 – 1c) Karam |
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France
10 February 1973 |
| France |
13–6 | |
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| Bertranne (4 – 1t) Dourthe (4 – 1t) Romeu (5 – 1c, 1pg) |
Report | (6 – 2pg) Karam |
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Non-International Matches
- Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.[1]
| N° | Opposing Team | F | A | Date | Venue | Captain |
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| 1 |  | 31 | 9 | 19 October 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 2 |  | 41 | 9 | 21 October 1972 | | Sid Going |
| 3 | | 39 | 12 | 28 October 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 4 | | 3 | 9 | 31 October 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 5 | | 20 | 4 | 4 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 6 | | 34 | 3 | 8 November 1972 | | Sid Going |
| 7 | | 24 | 3 | 11 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 8 |  | 17 | 9 | 15 November 1972 |  | Sid Going |
| 9 |  | 19 | 6 | 18 November 1972 |  | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 10 | | 14 | 16 | 22 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 11 | | 26 | 6 | 25 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 12 |  | 16 | 7 | 28 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 13 | | 8 | 16 | 6 December 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 14 | | 9 | 3 | 9 December 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 15 | | 16 | 10 | 12 December 1972 | | Alex Wyllie |
| 16 | | 23 | 6 | 20 December 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 17 | | 31 | 10 | 26 December 1972 | | Alex Wyllie |
| 18 | | 20 | 9 | 30 December 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 19 | | 30 | 7 | 2 January 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 20 |  | 20 | 15 | 10 January 1973 | | Sid Going |
| 21 | | 43 | 12 | 13 January 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 22 |  | 3 | 3 | 16 January 1973 | | Alex Wyllie |
| 23 | | 43 | 3 | 24 January 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 24 | Barbarians | 11 | 23 | 27 January 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 25 | | 12 | 3 | 31 January 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 26 | | 23 | 8 | 3 February 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 27 | | 6 | 3 | 7 February 1973 | | Sid Going |
Barbarians
27 January 1973 |
| Barbarians | 23–11 | |
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| Edwards (4 – 1t) Slattery (4 – 1t) Bevan (4 – 1t) Williams (4 – 1t) Bennett (7 – 2c, 1pg) |
Report | (8 – 2t) Batty (3 – 1pg) Karam |
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See also
- End-of-year rugby union internationals
References
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