The 1955–1956 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France was a tour by the
New Zealand national rugby league team
The New Zealand national rugby league team () has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the Kiwi (bird), native bird of that name. The team' ...
. New Zealand lost both test series 1–2.
Squad
The team was coached by
and managed by Colin Siddle.
was originally selected but withdrew and was replaced by Maxwell.
Vern Bakalich scored a then record twenty six tries while on tour.
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Match Results and Players' Records (appearances, tries and goals) were printed in the 1956 edition of the Sydney-based publication, ''E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook''.
]
Fixtures
A full list of fixtures is available at th
Rugby League Project
website.
The Kiwis were so ravaged by injuries that they only had twelve fully fit players available for the final Test against France.[Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. .]
References
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New Zealand national rugby league team tours
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...
New Zealand tour
New Zealand tour
New Zealand tour of Australia
New Zealand tour of Australia
Rugby league tours of Great Britain
Rugby league tours of France