The 1926 New Zealand tour rugby to New South Wales was the 13th tour by the

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national

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team to Australia. During the First World War the activity of Rugby Union was suspended. In Australia, the sport was initially reprised only in New South Wales (many players switched to

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especially in

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), so official test matches between the two national sides were not resumed until 1929. The four most important matches were played against the New South Wales selection, and New Zealand won the 4 match series 3–1. In 1986 the

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accorded Test status to the New South Wales matches played against international teams in the 1920–1928 period, but the matches against the All Blacks are not recorded as Tests by the

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The matches

Preliminary matches

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

Tour matches

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

Post-tour match

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

Notes

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'', Monday 15 June 1925 p 14 * ''

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'' Monday 22 June 1925 p 8 * ''

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'' (Broken Hill, NSW) Wednesday 24 June 1925 p 3 * ''

'' Monday 29 June 1925 p 14 * ''

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