1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America explained
| Team: | New Zealand |
| Yearstart: | 1972 |
| Yearfinish: | 1973 |
| Destination: | France |
| Manager: | Ernie Todd |
| Captain: | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| Top Point Scorer: | Joe Karam (145) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Grant Batty (21) |
| Top Test Point Scorer: | Joe Karam (27) |
| Top Test Try Scorer: | Sid Going (2)
Alex Wyllie (2) |
| Matchplayed: | 32 |
| Matchwon: | 25 |
| Matchdraw: | 2 |
| Matchlost: | 5 |
| Testplayed: | 5 |
| Testwon: | 3 |
| Testdraw: | 1 |
| Testlost: | 1 |
| Played1: | 1 |
| Won1: | 1 |
| Draw1: | 0 |
| Lost1: | 0 |
| Played2: | 1 |
| Won2: | 0 |
| Draw2: | 0 |
| Lost2: | 1 |
| Played3: | 1 |
| Won3: | 0 |
| Draw3: | 1 |
| Lost3: | 0 |
| Played4: | 1 |
| Won4: | 1 |
| Draw4: | 0 |
| Lost4: | 0 |
| Played5: | 1 |
| Won5: | 1 |
| Draw5: | 0 |
| Lost5: | 0 |
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
Backs
Forwards
Test matches
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 | | 31 | 9 | 19 October 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 2 | | 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 | | 3 | 9 | 31 October 1972 | Stradey Park, Llanelli | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 5 | | 20 | 4 | 4 November 1972 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 6 | | 34 | 3 | 8 November 1972 | | Sid Going |
| 7 | London Counties | 24 | 3 | 11 November 1972 | Twickenham, London | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 8 | | 17 | 9 | 15 November 1972 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | Sid Going |
| 9 | | 19 | 6 | 18 November 1972 | Ravenhill, Belfast | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 10 | North-Western Counties | 14 | 16 | 21 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 11 | | 26 | 6 | 23 November 1972 | Mansfield Park, Hawick | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 12 | | 16 | 7 | 28 November 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 13 | Midland Counties (West) | 8 | 16 | 6 December 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 14 | North-Eastern Counties | 9 | 3 | 9 December 1972 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 15 | | 16 | 10 | 12 December 1972 | | 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 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 20 | | 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 | | 3 | 3 | 16 January 1973 | Musgrave Park, Cork | Alex Wyllie |
| 23 | | 43 | 3 | 24 January 1973 | The Gnoll, Neath | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 24 | | 11 | 23 | 27 January 1973 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 25 | South-West Selection | 12 | 3 | 31 January 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 26 | France 'B' | 23 | 8 | 3 February 1973 | | Ian Kirkpatrick |
| 27 | French Selection | 6 | 3 | 7 February 1973 | | Sid Going | |
Barbarians
See main article: Barbarians vs New Zealand, 1973.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Stats | allblacks.com. stats.allblacks.com.
- [Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union|Gloucestershire]
- Cornwall and Devon
- [East Midlands Rugby Football Union|East Midlands]
