1968 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

12	12	0	0

Test match

3	3	0	0

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Australia

2	2	0	0

Fiji^[1]

1	1	0	0

The 1968 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia and Fiji was the 21st tour by the New Zealand national rugby union team to Australia and it ended with a match at Fiji.

The previous tour by the All Blacks to Australia was the 1962 tour. The Wallabies had visited New Zealand in 1964.

The All Backs won all both Test matches and the Bledisloe Cup.

Before the first Test Australian coach (and former Wallaby and All Black) Des Connor had studied the rulebook and after consulting with referees, he introduced tactically the first short lineout ever used in a match in the southern hemisphere.^[2] This tactic is now a common part of the game at all levels.

The tour

Scores and results list All Blacks's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Sydney	14	9	21 May 1968	Moore Park, Sydney	Tour match
Tasmania	74	0	25 May 1968	Queenborough Oval, Hobart	Tour match
Junior Wallabies	43	3	28 May 1968	Norwood Oval, Adelaide	Tour match
Victoria	68	0	1 June 1968	Olympic Stadium, Melbourne	Tour match
A.C.T.	44	0	5 June 1968	Manuka Oval, Canberra	Tour match
New South Wales	30	5	8 June 1968	Moore Park, Sydney	Tour match
New South Wales Country	29	3	10 June 1968	Sports Ground, Newcastle	Tour match
Australia Comb. Serv	45	8	12 June 1968	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	Tour match
Australia	27	11	15 June 1968	Cricket Ground, Sydney	Test match
Queensland	34	3	18 June 1968	Ballymore, Brisbane	Tour match
Australia	19	18	22 June 1968	Ballymore, Brisbane	Test match
Fiji	33	6	25 June 1968	National Stadium, Suva	Tour match

References

↑ Official test match only for Fijian Rugby Union not for New Zealand Rugby Union
↑ Howell p161

External links

New Zealand in Australia and Fiji 1968 from rugbymuseum.co.nz

Published sources

Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

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

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