The 1963–64 New Zealand tour of Britain, Ireland and France was a

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tour undertaken by the

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. The tour took in the five major Northern Hemisphere rugby nations of

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and

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. The tour also took in matches against club opposition and invitational county teams, ending in Europe with an encounter with the

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. The final two games of the tour were played in Canada. The New Zealand team were nearly invincible on this tour, their only defeat coming at Newport. They played 36 matches in total, winning 34, losing one and drawing one. They won four of their five international matches, being prevented from completing a clean sweep by a 0–0 draw in the match against Scotland.

Matches

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

Touring party

*Manager: F. D. Kilby *Assistant Manager:

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*Captain:

Wilson Whineray Sir Wilson James Whineray (10 July 1935 – 22 October 2012) was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until surpassed by Richie McCaw i ...

Backs

Don Clarke Donald Barry Clarke (10 November 1933 – 29 December 2002) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played 89 times (31 of these were test matches) as a New Zealand international from 1956 until 1964. He was best known for his phenomena ...

(Waikato) * Malcolm Dick (Auckland) *

Ian MacRae Ian Robert MacRae (born 6 April 1943) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, MacRae represented West Coast, Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand nationa ...

(Hawke's Bay) * Earle Kirton (Otago) *

Ralph Caulton Ralph Walter Caulton (10 January 1937 – 9 June 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, Caulton played for the Poneke club and represented Wellington at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the A ...

(Wellington) *

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(Hawke's Bay) *

Ian Smith Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to ...

(Otago) * Paul Little (Auckland) * Derek Arnold (Canterbury) * Pat Walsh (Counties) *

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(Auckland) * Bruce Watt (Canterbury) * Kevin Briscoe (Taranaki) * Chris Laidlaw (Otago)

Forwards

(Auckland) *

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(Taranaki) *

Jules Le Lievre Jules Mathew Le Lievre (17 August 1933 – 17 January 2016) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Le Lievre represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1962 to 1964. He pla ...

(Canterbury) * Allan Stewart (Canterbury) *

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(Manawatu) * Kel Tremain (Hawke's Bay) *

Brian Lochore Sir Brian James Lochore (3 September 1940 – 3 August 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach who represented and captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the ...

(Wairarapa) * Keith Nelson (Otago) *

Colin Meads Sir Colin Earl Meads (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches (133 games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 19 ...

(King Country) * Ken Gray (Wellington) * Ian Clarke (Waikato) * Dennis Young (Canterbury) * Stanley Meads (King Country) *

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(Thames Valley) * John Graham (Canterbury) *

Waka Nathan Waka Joseph Nathan (8 July 1940 – 24 September 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played rugby union for the New Zealand national team (the "All Blacks") as a flanker. His feats on the field gained him the nickname "The Black Pan ...

(Auckland)

External links

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