The 1979 New Zealand rugby union tour of England, Scotland and Italy was a series of eleven matches played by 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 England,

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and Italy in October and November 1979. The tour was very successful as the team won ten of the eleven games, including the international matches against Scotland and England. The only team to defeat the All Blacks was the English Northern Division.

Matches

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

Test matches

Scotland

SCOTLAND: Andy Irvine, Keith Robertson,

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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 ...

, John Rutherford, Alan Lawson, Iain Milne,

Colin Deans Colin Thomas Deans (born 3 May 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He was born in Hawick in the Scottish borders. He played for Hawick Trades and then Hawick.Bath, p133 His nickna ...

, Ian McLauchlan (c),

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, David Gray, Gordon Dickson, Ian Lambie, Mike Biggar NEW ZEALAND: Richard Wilson,

Stu Wilson Stu Wilson (born 22 July 1954, in Gore) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played for Wellington and New Zealand, captaining the national team in the 1983 tour of Scotland and England. He played with the All Blacks The New Z ...

, Gary Cunningham,

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, Bernie Fraser, Eddie Dunn,

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, John Fleming, Ken Stewart, Murray Mexted,

Graham Mourie Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie (born 8 September 1952) is a former New Zealand All Black flanker and coach of the Hurricanes. He was one of the great All Black captains in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was first selected for the All Blacks in ...

(c).

England

ENGLAND:

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, John Carleton, Tony Bond, Nick Preston,

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, Les Cusworth,

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, Peter Wheeler, Colin Smart,

Bill Beaumont Sir William Blackledge Beaumont, (born 9 March 1952 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps. His greatest moment as captain was the unexpected 1980 Grand ...

(c), Maurice Colclough,

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, John Scott, Mike Rafter NEW ZEALAND: Richard Wilson, Brian Ford,

, Gary Cunningham, Bernie Fraser,

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, John Fleming, Ken Stewart, Murray Mexted,

(c).

Touring party

*Manager: Russell Thomas *Assistant Manager: Eric Watson *Captain:

*Physiotherapist: Brian McKenzie

Full back

* Richard Wilson (Canterbury) *

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(Wellington)

Three-quarters

(Wellington) * Brian Ford (Marlborough) * Bernie Fraser (Wellington) * Gary Cunningham (Auckland) *

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(Auckland) *

Kieran Keane Kieran James Keane (born 9 February 1954) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player. A second five-eighth, Keane represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Bla ...

(Canterbury)

Half-backs

* Eddie Dunn (North Auckland) *

(Waikato) *

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(Manawatu) *

(Taranaki)

Forwards

* Murray Mexted (Wellington) *

(Taranaki) * Ken Stewart (Southland) * Mike Burgoyne (North Auckland) *

Vance Stewart Vance Edmund Stewart (born 28 October 1948) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and coach. A lock, Stewart represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1976 and 1979. H ...

(Canterbury) *

(Auckland) * John Fleming (Wellington) *

(Auckland) *

Rod Ketels Rodney Clive Ketels (born 11 November 1954) Ketels represented counties at provincial level on 173 occasions from 1974 to 1987 3rd on the all-time list of games played for the union Ketels was a member of the champion Counties NPC team in 1979. ...

(Counties) * Barry Thompson (Canterbury) *

(Counties) *

(North Auckland)

References

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