1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

8	7	1	0

Test match

1	1	0	0

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Ireland

1	1	0	0

The 1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England was a series of eight matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in November 1974.

The tour formed part of the celebrations of the centenary of the Irish Rugby Football Union and six of the eight matches were played in Ireland, culminating in the international against the Ireland national rugby union team. The tourists then moved to Wales to play a team designated 'A Welsh XV' but which was in fact a full-strength Wales team. Although neither Wales nor New Zealand awarded caps for the match it was a full international in all but name and attracted a crowd of 50,000 to Cardiff Arms Park for a midweek afternoon match.^[1] The final fixture was against the Barbarians who selected the entire pack of forwards who had played in the test matches on that year's 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa.^[2] The Barbarians held the All Blacks to a 13–13 draw and prevented them from completing a clean sweep by winning all eight matches on tour.

This was the first time that the All Blacks had undertaken a short tour to Europe. On each of the seven previous All Black tours the tourists had played at least fifteen fixtures and at least four full international matches.

Matches

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

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Combined Irish Universities	10	3	6 November	The Mardyke, Cork
Munster	14	4	9 November	Thomond Park, Limerick
Leinster	8	3	13 November	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ulster	30	15	16 November	Ravenhill, Belfast
Connacht	25	3	20 November	Galway Showground, Galway
Ireland	15	6	23 November	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
A Welsh XV	12	3	27 November	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Barbarians	13	13	30 November	Twickenham, London

References

↑ Rothmans p40
↑ Rothmans p41

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=71

Bibliography

Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1975). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1975–76. Queen Anne Press. pp. 36–41. ISBN 0362002215.

New Zealand rugby union tours

Australia	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992

South Africa	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

British Isles	1905-06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1978 1979 1980 1983 1989 1993 1997 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008

France	1906 1925 1964 1967 1972–73 1977 1981 1986 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Italy and Romania	1977 1979 1981 1995 2000 2004

North and South America	1906 1913 1925 1936 1953–54 1964 1967 1972 1976 1980 1985 1989 1991 2001 2006

Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987

Rugby union tours of England

Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2000 2002 2005 2006 2008

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008

Romania	1984-85

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986

Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989

Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005

Tonga	1997 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2008

Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004

United States	1924 (no test) 1977 (no test) 1999

Maori All Blacks	1888-89 1926-27

Rugby union tours of Ireland

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1978 1989 1997 2001 2005 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1968 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1992 1996 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1965 1969-70 1994 (no test) 1996 ("A" team) 1998 2000 2004 2006

Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008

European teams	1980 1988-89 2002

Asia and Oceanian team	1985 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 2006

North American Teams	2004 2008

Others	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1926-27 (NZ Maori)

Rugby union tours of Wales

Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008

NZ Maori	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1926-27 1982

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008

Romania	1979 2002

Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005

Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000

Tonga	1997 2001

Pacific Islanders	2006

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004

Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008

United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000

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