1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
Date	May–Sep 1966
Coach(es)	John Robins
Tour captain(s)	David Watkins Mike Campbell-Lamerton
Test series winners	(v Australia) British Lions (2–0) (v New Zealand)  New Zealand (4–0)
Top test point scorer(s)	Stewart Wilson (30)
← South Africa 1962 South Africa 1968 →

1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
Summary	P W D L
Total	35 23 03 09
Test match	07 03 00 04
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	2 2 0 0
New Zealand	4 0 0 4
Canada	1 1 0 0

In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against Australia but lost all four internationals against the All Blacks.

Overall the tourists played thirty-five matches, winning twenty-three, losing nine and drawing three. In Australia the Lions played eight matches, winning seven and drawing the other. In New Zealand they played twenty-five matches, winning fifteen, drawing two and losing eight – in addition to their four test defeats they also lost to Southland, Otago, Wellington and Wanganui-King Country. They also played two matches in Canada, winning one and losing one.

The touring party was captained by Mike Campbell-Lamerton. The manager was Des O'Brien and for the first time a Lions touring team had a coach, John Robins, rather than an assistant manager.

Squad[]

Management[]

• Manager D. J. O'Brien (Ireland)
• Coach John Robins (Wales)

Backs[]

Forwards[]

Results[]

Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in Australia and New Zealand:^[1]

  Test matches

The Lions in their second test v. New Zealand

The British Isles v. Wellington at Athletic Park

#	Date	Rival	Score	City	Country
1	7 May	Western Australia RU	60–3	Western Australia	Australia
2	11 May	South Australia RU	38–11		Australia
3	14 May	Victoria RU	24–14	Victoria	Australia
4	18 May	Combined Country	6–3		Australia
5	21 May	NSW Waratahs	6–6	New South Wales	Australia
6	28 May	Australia	11–8	Sydney	Australia
7	31 May	Queensland Reds	26–3	Queensland	Australia
8	4 Jun	Australia	31–0	Brisbane	Australia
9	11 Jun	Southland	8–14	Southland	New Zealand
10	15 Jun	South Canterbury, North Otago & Mid Canterbury Combined	20–12		New Zealand
11	18 Jun	Otago	9–17	Otago	New Zealand
12	22 Jun	New Zealand Universities	24–11		New Zealand
13	25 Jun	Wellington RU	6–20	Wellington	New Zealand
14	29 Jun	Marlborough, Nelson, Golden Bay & Motueka Combined	22–14		New Zealand
15	2 Jul	Taranaki RU	12–9	Taranaki	New Zealand
16	6 Jul	Bay of Plenty RU	6–6	Bay of Plenty	New Zealand
17	9 Jul	North Auckland	6–3	Northland	New Zealand
18	16 Jul	New Zealand	3–20	Dunedin	New Zealand
19	20 Jul	West Coast / Buller Combined	25–6		New Zealand
20	23 Jul	Canterbury	8–6	Canterbury	New Zealand
21	27 Jul	Manawatu / Horowhenua Combined	17–8		New Zealand
22	30 Jul	Auckland RU	12–6	Auckland	New Zealand
23	2 Aug	Wairarapa / Bush Combined	9–6		New Zealand
24	6 Aug	New Zealand	12–16	Wellington	New Zealand
25	10 Aug	Wanganui / King Country Combined	6–12		New Zealand
26	13 Aug	New Zealand Māoris	16–14		New Zealand
27	17 Aug	East Coast / Poverty Bay Combined	9–6		New Zealand
28	20 Aug	Hawke's Bay	11–11	Napier	New Zealand
29	27 Aug	New Zealand	6–19	Christchurch	New Zealand
30	31 Aug	New Zealand Juniors	9–3		New Zealand
31	3 Sep	Waikato RU	20–9	Waikato	New Zealand
32	6 Sep	Thames Valley / Counties Combined	13–9		New Zealand
33	10 Sep	New Zealand	11–24	Auckland	New Zealand
34	14 Sep	British Columbia RU	3–8	British Columbia	Canada
35	17 Sep	Canada	19–8		Canada

References[]

• Thomas, Clem; Thomas, Greg (2005). The History of The British and Irish Lions. Mainstream Books. pp. 133–141. ISBN 1-84596-030-0.