The 1990 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand involved eight

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matches played between 30 May and 23 June by the

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in New Zealand. It was the third tour of New Zealand by Scotland who won five matches and drew one, but lost the two

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against the

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. This was the first time that a Scotland team had been unbeaten, international matches excepted, in a Southern Hemisphere tour.

Matches

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

Touring party

*Manager: D. S. Paterson *Coach:

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 ...

*Assistant coach:

Derrick Grant Derrick Grant (born 19 April 1938) is a former international rugby union player. Grant was capped fourteen times as a flanker for between 1965 and 1968. He scored one try for Scotland.Griffiths, page 2:30-2:31 He was selected for the 1966 ...

*Captain:

David Sole David Michael Barclay Sole (born 8 May 1962) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours. Rugby Union career Amateur career He was e ...

Backs

Peter Dods Peter Dods (born 6 January 1958) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Fullback. Rugby union career Amateur career Dods played for Gala at fullback. Provincial career Dods was capped by Sou ...

Gavin Hastings Andrew Gavin Hastings, (born 3 January 1962) is a Scottish former rugby union player. A fullback, he is widely regarded to be one of the best ever Scottish rugby players and was one of the outstanding players of his generation, winning 61 c ...

* Alex Moore *Stewart Porter *

Tony Stanger Anthony George Stanger (born 14 May 1968) is a Scottish former international rugby union player. With 24 international tries, he was Scotland's joint record try scorer, along with Ian Smith, until that record was broken by Stuart Hogg in Novembe ...

Iwan Tukalo Iwan Tukalo (born 5 March 1961) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Wing. Rugby Union career Amateur career The son of a Ukrainian father and Italian mother, Tukalo was educated at the Royal ...

* Scott Hastings *

Sean Lineen Sean Lineen (born 25 December 1961) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was a former Head Coach of Glasgow Warriors from 2006 to 2012. He was a Director for the Scottish Rugby Union until December 2021. Rugby Union career ...

*Craig Redpath *

Graham Shiel Graham Shiel (born 13 August 1970 in Galashiels, Scotland ) is the skills coach of the Scotland rugby 7's team. He is now retired from playing rugby, having made 18 appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team and once for the natio ...

Craig Chalmers Craig Minto Chalmers (born 15 October 1968) is a former Scotland international rugby union player and coach. He represented Scotland, the British Lions and the Barbarians at international level. He made 60 international appearances as a player ...

* Douglas Wyllie * Gary Armstrong *

Greig Oliver Greig Hunter Oliver (12 September 1964 – 3 July 2023) was a Scottish rugby union player turned development officer. Early life Oliver was born in Hawick, Scotland, and educated at Hawick High School and Napier College in Edinburgh. He worke ...

Forwards

* Derek White *

Alex Brewster Alexander Kinloch Brewster (born 3 May 1954) is a former rugby union player who gained six caps for the Scotland national rugby union team. He played as a prop for Stewart's Melville RFC. Early life Brewster was born on 3 May 1954 in Dechmont, ...

Paul Burnell Paul Burnell (born 29 September 1965) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was also a member of the 1990 Grand Slam Scotland team. He toured New Zealand in 1993 with the British & Irish Lions and at the time played club rugb ...

* Iain Milne *

* John Allan * Kenny Milne *

Damian Cronin Damian Cronin (born 17 April 1963 in Wegberg, West Germany) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career He is an alumnus of Campion School, Hornchurch and Prior Park College. Before the advent of ...

* Chris Gray *

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Doddie Weir George Wilson "Doddie" Weir (4 July 1970 – 26 November 2022) was a Scottish rugby union player who played as a lock. He made 61 international appearances for the Scotland national team and represented the British & Irish Lions. With the ch ...

* George Buchanan-Smith *

Finlay Calder Finlay Calder OBE (born 20 August 1957) is a Scotland international former rugby union player. Rugby Union career Amateur career Born in Haddington, East Lothian and educated at Stewart's Melville College, Calder played at open side fla ...

John Jeffrey John Jeffrey (born 25 March 1959 in Kelso in the Scottish Borders) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is an administrator for World Rugby. Rugby Union career Amateur career Jeffrey was educated at St. Mary's Schoo ...

* Derek Turnbull * Graham Marshall

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Matches

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