In 1928, the

New Zealand national rugby union team The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

(the All Blacks) undertook a three-month tour of South Africa. The series of four Test matches was drawn 2–2 and the overall tour record was sixteen wins, five losses and one draw.

Matches

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

Touring party

*Manager: *Assistant manager: *Captain:

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(Hawke's Bay) ;Full-back *

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(Canterbury) ;Three-quarters *

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(Hawke's Bay) *

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(Canterbury) *

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(Wellington) * Fred Lucas (Auckland) *

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(Canterbury) ;Half-backs * David Lindsay (Otago) * Toby Sheen (Auckland) *

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(Wellington) *

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(Canterbury) * Mark Nicholls (Wellington) * Archie Strang (South Canterbury) *

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(Canterbury) * Frank Kilby (Wellington) ;Forwards * Geoff Alley (Canterbury) *

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(Hawke's Bay) *

(Hawke's Bay) * Jim Burrows (Canterbury) *

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(North Auckland) * Swin Hadley (Auckland) *

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(Wairarapa) * Bill Hazlett (Southland) *

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(Otago) * Ruben McWilliams (Auckland) * George Scrimshaw (Canterbury) *

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(Nelson) *

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(South Canterbury) *

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(Hawkes Bay) * Edward Ward (Taranaki)

External links

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