The 1980 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia and Fiji was the 24th tour by the
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
national
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
team to Australia and ended with three matches at Fiji.
The last tour of "All Blacks" in Australia was the
short 1979 tour.
All Blacks won only one test match on three and lost the
Bledisloe Cup
The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition originally staged between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has va ...
.
The tour
''Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.''
Notes
External links
New Zealand in Australia and Fiji 1980from ''rugbymuseum.co.nz''
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New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
New Zealand tour
Australia tour
New Zealand national rugby union team tours of Australia
New Zealand national rugby union team tours
1980 in Fijian rugby union
Rugby union tours of Fiji