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The 1893 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the second tour by the
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team to Australia. Ten matches were played against regional and district sides, but no Test matches were played. It was the first tour arranged by
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, which had been founded the previous year. The only previous New Zealand national team was the side that toured New South Wales in 1884. Immediately before departing for Sydney, the tourists played a match against a "Combined XV" in Wellington, which New Zealand won 7–4.


Touring party

*Manager: G.F.C. Campbell *Captain:
Thomas Ellison Thomas Rangiwahia Ellison, also known as Tom Ellison or Tamati Erihana (c. 1867 – 2 October 1904) was a New Zealand rugby union player and lawyer. He led the first New Zealand representative rugby team organised by the New Zealand Rugby ...


Match summary

Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in Australia:Tour in New South Wales and Queensland
on All Blacks website


See also

* List of All Blacks tours and series


References

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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 national rugby union team tours of Australia