The 1980 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia and Fiji was the 24th tour by the

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national

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team to Australia and ended with three matches at Fiji. The last tour of "All Blacks" in Australia was the short 1979 tour. All Blacks won only one test match on three and lost the

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The tour

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

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