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The 1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of the Britain, Ireland, France and North America was a collection of rugby union test match games undertaken by the All Blacks against England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France. The tour also took in several matches against British, Irish, French and North American club, county and invitational teams. This was the seventh tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the All Blacks lost to the invitational Barbarians team.
In the club matches, the team only lost to Llanelli , North-Western Counties, Midland Counties (West), and the Barbarians , and drew with Munster . In the tests played the team won against Wales, Scotland and England, drew with Ireland and lost to France. This was their fifth "Grand Slam tour" after 1905–06 (lost to Wales), 1935–36 (lost to Wales and England), 1953–54 (lost to Wales), 1963–64 (Drew with Scotland). They had to wait until 1978 for a "Grand Slam".
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Test matches [ edit ] Scotland [ edit ] England [ edit ] Ireland [ edit ] Non-international matches [ edit ] Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first. [1]
N°
Opposing Team
F
A
Date
Venue
Captain
1
British Columbia 31
9
19 October 1972
Vancouver Ian Kirkpatrick
2
New York Metropolitan 41
9
21 October 1972
Downing Stadium , New YorkSid Going
3
[2] 39
12
28 October 1972
Kingsholm , GloucesterIan Kirkpatrick
4
Llanelli 3
9
31 October 1972
Stradey Park , LlanelliIan Kirkpatrick
5
Cardiff 20
4
4 November 1972
Cardiff Arms Park , CardiffIan Kirkpatrick
6
Cambridge University 34
3
8 November 1972
Cambridge Sid Going
7
24
3
11 November 1972
Twickenham , LondonIan Kirkpatrick
8
Leinster 17
9
15 November 1972
Lansdowne Road , DublinSid Going
9
Ulster 19
6
18 November 1972
Ravenhill , BelfastIan Kirkpatrick
10
14
16
21 November 1972
Workington Ian Kirkpatrick
11
Rest of Scottish Districts 26
6
23 November 1972
Mansfield Park , HawickIan Kirkpatrick
12
Gwent 16
7
28 November 1972
Ebbw Vale Ian Kirkpatrick
13
8
16
6 December 1972
Moseley Ian Kirkpatrick
14
9
3
9 December 1972
Bradford Ian Kirkpatrick
15
Glasgow - Edinburgh 16
10
12 December 1972
Glasgow Alex Wyllie
16
23
6
20 December 1972
Iffley Road , OxfordIan Kirkpatrick
17
31
10
26 December 1972
Twickenham , LondonAlex Wyllie
18
20
9
30 December 1972
Cardiff Arms Park , CardiffIan Kirkpatrick
19
[3] 30
7
2 January 1973
Redruth Ian Kirkpatrick
20
Newport 20
15
10 January 1973
Rodney Parade , NewportSid Going
21
[4] 43
12
13 January 1973
Welford Road , LeicesterIan Kirkpatrick
22
Munster 3
3
16 January 1973
Musgrave Park , CorkAlex Wyllie
23
Neath and Aberavon 43
3
24 January 1973
The Gnoll , NeathIan Kirkpatrick
24
Barbarians 11
23
27 January 1973
Cardiff Arms Park , CardiffIan Kirkpatrick
25
12
3
31 January 1973
Tarbes Ian Kirkpatrick
26
23
8
3 February 1973
Stade Municipal , Lyon Ian Kirkpatrick
27
6
3
7 February 1973
Clermont-Ferrand Sid Going
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New Zealand
British Columbia
New York Metropolitan
Leinster
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ulster
Ravenhill, Belfast
Gwent
Newport
Munster
