The 1923 Waratahs tour of New Zealand was a series of

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games undertaken by the New South Wales Teams against invitational and national teams of New Zealand. The Queensland Rugby Union had collapsed in 1919 and would not be reborn until 1929 leaving the

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to administer the game in Australia at the national representative level. In 1923 the

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side toured

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Previously the

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visited New South Wales in the 1922 tour.

Matches

''Scores and results list Waratahs' points tally first.''

Notes

References

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* '' The Advertiser'' Monday 20 August 1923 p 14 * ''

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'' Friday 24 August 1923 * '' The Argus'' Thursday 30 August 1923 p 10 * ''

'' Friday 7 September 1923 p 12 * ''

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