The 1947 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the 17th tour by the

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team to Australia. The last tour of "All Blacks" in Australia was the 1938 tour, then in 1946 were the Australians to visit New Zealand. All Blacks won both the test matches and the

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The tour

''Scores and results list All Blacks points tally first.''

Post-tour match

''Scores and results list All Blacks points tally first.''

External links

New Zealand in Australia 1947
from ''rugbymuseum.co.nz'' {{DEFAULTSORT:1947 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

New Zealand tour Australia tour New Zealand national rugby union team tours of Australia