1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Scotland and England

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

8	5	1	2

Test match

2	0	1	1

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Scotland

1	0	1	0

England

1	0	0	1

The 1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain was a series of eight matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Scotland and England in October and November 1983. New Zealand won five of their eight games, drew one and lost the other two. They won neither of the two international matches, drawing with Scotland and losing to England. In the non-international fixtures they also suffered a defeat by the English Midlands Division invitational team.

Matches

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

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Edinburgh	22	6	26 October	Myreside, Edinburgh
South of Scotland	30	9	29 October	Netherdale, Galashiels
Northern Division	27	21	2 November	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
London Division	18	15	5 November	Twickenham, London
Midland Division	13	19	8 November	Welford Road, Leicester
SCOTLAND	25	25	12 November	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
South & South-West Division	18	6	15 November	Memorial Ground, Bristol
ENGLAND	9	15	19 November	Twickenham, London

Touring party

Manager: P.W. Mitchell
Assistant Manager: Bryce Rope
Captain: Stu Wilson

Backs

Kieran Crowley (Taranaki)
Robbie Deans (Canterbury)
Stu Wilson (Wellington)
Bernie Fraser (Wellington)
Bruce Smith (Waikato)
Craig Green (Canterbury)
Steven Pokere (Southland)
Warwick Taylor (Canterbury)
Ian Dunn (North Auckland)
Wayne Smith (Canterbury)
Andrew Donald (Wanganui)
David Kirk (Otago)

Forwards

Murray Mexted (Wellington)
Geoff Old (Manawatu)
Mark Shaw (Manawatu)
Jock Hobbs (Canterbury)
Frank Shelford (Hawke's Bay)
Albert Anderson (Canterbury)
Gary Braid (Bay of Plenty)
Alastair Robinson (North Auckland)
Murray Davie (Canterbury)
Scott Crichton (Wellington)
Kevin Boroevich (King Country)
Brian McGrattan (Wellington)
Hika Reid (Bay of Plenty)
Brett Wilson (Counties)

References

Stephen Jones, ed. (1984). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1984–85. Queen Anne Press. pp. 32–39. ISBN 0-356-10448-6.

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	1977 (no test) 1999

Maori All Blacks	1888-89 1926-27

Rugby union tours of Scotland

Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2001 2005

Australia	1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1968 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1988 1996 1997 2000 2006 2009 2013

New South Wales	1927-28

New Zealand	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1905 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1978 1979 1983 1993 2001 2005 2008

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1965 1969-70 1994 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2002 2004 2008

Romania	1981 2002

Fiji	1982 (no test) 1989 2002

Samoa	1995 2000 2005

Tonga	1997 (no test) 2001

Pacific Islanders	2006

Japan	1976 (no test) 1986 2004

United States	2000

Canada	2008

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