The 1975 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of seven matches played by the

Scotland national rugby union team The Scotland national rugby union team represents Scotland in men's international rugby union and is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship and participates in the Rugby World Cup, ...

in New Zealand in May and June 1975. The Scotland team won four of their matches and lost the other three. They lost the only international match against 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) in a game played in a downpour on a saturated pitch.

Matches

:''Scores and results list Scotland's points tally first.''

Touring party

* Manager: George Burrell * Assistant manager:

Bill Dickinson Bill Dickinson (1917 – 7 April 1994) was a Scottish rugby union player and coach. He was appointed the first official national coach of in 1971.Bath, p133 Richard Bath points out that Dickinson's appointment made an "immediate impact" in ...

* Captain:

Ian McLauchlan John McLauchlan (born 14 April 1942), known as Ian McLauchlan, is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p147 Nicknamed Mighty Mouse, he represented Scotland at loosehead prop from 1969 to 1979.Massie, p168 Rugby union care ...

Backs

* David Bell * Graham Birkett *

Lewis Dick Lewis Dick (born 20 November 1950) is a former Scotland rugby union international player. Early life Lewis Dick was born on 20 December 1950 in Perth. He attended Morrison's Academy, an independent school in Crieff, from 1963 to 1969. He was ...

* John Frame *

Bruce Hay Bruce Hamilton Hay (23 May 1950 – 1 October 2007) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Background Hay was born in Edinburgh and educated at Liberton High School. From there he went on to work as an engineer for the National Coal Bo ...

* Andy Irvine *

Alan Lawson Alan Lawson (born 19 May 1948, in Kirkcaldy) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Wanderers. Lawson stated: 'When I played in the 1970s, Jimmy Thain, the head groun ...

Ian McGeechan Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE (born 30 October 1946) is a retired Scottish rugby union player, coach and teacher. Born in Leeds, McGeechan represented Headingley as his only club during a 15-year club career, qualifying for Scotland through hi ...

Dougie Morgan Douglas Waugh Morgan (9 March 1947 – 5 April 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player. In 1977 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eli ...

Jim Renwick Jim Renwick (born 12 February 1952) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Centre.Bath, p154 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Hawick Harlequins and then moved to play for Hawick. Provincial care ...

Billy Steele William Steele (born 19 May 1956 in Dunfermline) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Steele began his career in the early 1970s as a youngster with Rangers, although he failed to make a first-team appearance. In 1975, S ...

Colin Telfer Colin McLeod Telfer (born 26 February 1947, in Hawick)player profile
at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 F ...

Forwards

* Ian Barnes *

Mike Biggar Mike Biggar (born 20 November 1949) is a former Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Biggar was educated at Sedbergh School in Cumbria, where he was Head of School, ...

Sandy Carmichael Alexander Bennett Carmichael Order of the British Empire, MBE (2 February 1944 – 27 October 2021) was a Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p123-4Massie, p169 Rugby Union career Amateur career ...

Colin Fisher Colin Douglas Fisher (born 27 December 1949) is a Scottish Rugby union player and administrator.Bath, p139 He was capped five times between 1975 and 1976 for . He also played for Waterloo R.F.C. He is the son of Alastair Fisher Alastair Fi ...

* Wilson Lauder * David Leslie * George Mackie *

Duncan Madsen Duncan Madsen is a former Scottish rugby union footballer. He was capped by Scotland and was part of the 1976 & 1977 Gosforth team that won the 1975–76 John Player Cup The 1975–76 John Player Cup was the fifth edition of England's premi ...

Alastair McHarg Alastair McHarg (born 17 June 1944) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Lock for the national side between 1968 and 1979.Bath, p147 Rugby Union career Amateur career Like Ian McLauchlan and Gordon Brown who we ...

Norman Pender Norman Ewart Ker Pender (1 February 1948 – 24 August 2021) was a Scotland international rugby union player. After rugby, he became a Liberal Democrat councillor. He was found guilty of sexual assault in 2014. He died from a suspected heart a ...

Alan Tomes Alan Tomes (born 6 November 1951) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Born in Hawick, Tomes moved to Gateshead when he was 8 years old. He played rugby for Gateshead Fell. His grandfather, ...

* Bill Watson

References

* Scotland rugby union tour Scotland national rugby union team tours Scotland national rugby union team tours of New Zealand Scottish-New Zealand culture

tour Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed b ...

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