The 1979 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the 23rd tour by the

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team to Australia. It was a short tour (only two matches), arranged between the French tour and the Argentinian tour in New Zealand. The previous tour of All Blacks in Australia was the 1974 tour. Australia has visited New Zealand in 1978 . Australia won the only test match played and the

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, thereby ending a 28-year losing streak.

The tour

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, Sydney, , Test match

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New Zealand in Australia 1979
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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...