The 1949 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour was a collection of

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games undertaken by the New Zealand Māori against invitational and national teams of Australia. The Maoris plays 11 match, winning 9 of them and losing only one (1 tied). Three test matches against Australia were played. The victory in the first match against the "

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" was clamorous and the Australian coach Johnny Wallace was fired. The new coach was Bill McLean, historical captain of the 1947-48 tour in Europe. For the first time, the Australian team was directed by a coach from Queensland and not from New South Wales.'The Sydney Morning Herald ': "Union Coach Change", 8 June 1949

The matches

''Scores and results list NZ Maoris' points tally first.''

Notes and references

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