The 1988 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia and Fiji was the 26th 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.
The last tour of "All Blacks" in Australia was the
1984 tour
The 1984 Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen in support of their sixth studio album ''1984''.
Background
The stage set which was named "Metropolis" was described as the largest production ever taken on the road by a rock band, wh ...
, while Australian visit New Zealand in the
1986 tour.
All Blacks won two test match on three and won 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.''
External links
New Zealand in Australia 1988from ''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