1969 Wales rugby union tour

The 1969 Wales rugby union tour was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. The tour took in four matches against regional and invitational teams and three tests; two to New Zealand and one to Australia. This was the second official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere and the first to Australasia and Melanesia.

The tour results were mixed for Wales; the team was unbeaten in the non-test matches and were victorious over Australia, but were completely out-classed by New Zealand. The captaincy of the tour was given to Newport's Brian Price.

Results

27 May 1969

Taranaki	9 - 9	Wales XV

Rugby Park, New Plymouth

31 May 1969

New Zealand	19 - 0	Wales

Lancaster Park, Christchurch

4 June 1969

Otago	9 - 27	Wales XV

Carisbrook, Dunedin

7 June 1969

Wellington	6 - 14	Wales XV

Athletic Park, Wellington

14 June 1969

New Zealand	33 - 12	Wales

Eden Park, Auckland

21 June 1969

Australia	16 - 19	Wales

(Cricket Ground), Sydney

25 June 1969

Fiji	11 - 31	Wales XV

Suva

Touring party

Manager: D.J. Phillips

Full-backs

J.P.R. Williams (London Welsh)

Three-quarters

Half-backs

Forwards

Replacements

Vic Perrins (Newport)

Bibliography

Billot, John (1972). All Blacks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

References

Wales rugby union tours

Argentina	1968 1999 2004 2006

Australia	1969 1978 1991 1996 2003 2007 2012

New Zealand	1969 1988 2003 2016

South Africa	1964 1995 1998 2002 2004 2008 2014

Japan	1965 2001 2013

South Pacific	1969 1986 1994

North America	1980 (as "Wales B") 1989 (as "Wales B") 1994 1997 2005

Namibia and Zimbabwe	1990 1998

Spain	1983

Rugby union tours of New Zealand

British and Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1977 1983 1993 2005 2017

Australia	1905 1913 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991

New South Wales	1894 1921 1923 1925 1928

South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1965 1981 1994

Argentina	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004

England	1963 1973 1985 1998 2003 2004 2008 2010 2014

France	1961 1968 1979 1984 1986 1989 1994 1999 2001 2003 2007 2013

Ireland	1976 1992 1997 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012

Italy	1980 (no test) 2002 2003 (no test)

Scotland	1975 1981 1990 1996 2000 2004

Wales	1969 1988 2003 2016

Romania	1991 (no test)

Japan	1974

Fiji	1974 1980 1989 (no test) 1996 1997 2003

Samoa	1996 2005 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2004

Canada	1995 2007

Rugby union tours of Australia

British and Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1899 1904 1908 (no test) 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 (no test) 1989 2001 2013

New Zealand	1884 (no test) 1893 (no test) 1897 (no test) 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

NZ Maori	1888-89 (no test) 1922 1923 1926-27 1936 1949

South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1971 1993

Argentina	1983 1986 1995 2000

England	1963 1975 1988 1991 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010 2016

France	1961 1968 1972 1981 1986 1990 1997 2002 2005 2008

Ireland	1967 1979 1994 1999 2003 2006 2008 2010

Italy	1981 (no test) 1986 1994 2005

Scotland	1982 1992 1998 2004 2012

Wales	1969 1978 1991 1996 2003 2007 2012

Fiji	1952 1954 1961 1976 1984 1985 1989 no test

Samoa	1994 2005

Tonga	1973 1993

Pacific Islanders	2004

North American teams	1985 1990 1996 1999

Asian teams	1975 1987 (no test)

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