1969 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand

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1969 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand
ManagerEddie Burns
Jack Lynch
Coach(es)Harry Bath
Tour captain(s)John Sattler
Top point scorer(s)Les Johns 42
Top try scorer(s)Dennis Manteit 5
Top test point scorer(s)Les Johns 14
New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Don Ladner 22
Top test try scorer(s)Ron Coote 3
Summary
P W D L
Total
06 04 00 02
Test match
02 01 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 New Zealand
2 1 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour1965 by Australian colours.svg to New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg
by New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg to Australian colours.svg
1967-68 to
by to New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg
Next tour by to New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg
1971 by Australian colours.svg to New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg

The 1969 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played six matches on tour, including two tests against the New Zealand national rugby league team. The tour began on 28 May and finished on 10 June.[1]

Leadership[]

Harry Bath coached the Kangaroos side throughout the tour. South Sydney's John Sattler captained the side. In the two matches in which Sattler did not play, the team was captained by Les Johns (against Wellington) and John McDonald against Auckland.
The touring team was co-managed by Eddie Burns (Canterbury, NSW) and Jack Lynch (Ipswich, Qld).[2]


Touring squad[]

The Rugby League News published details of the touring team including the players' ages and weights.[3] A team photo was published during the tour.
Match details - listing surnames of both teams and the point scorers - were included in E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook, as was a summary of the players' point-scoring.[4]
Denman, Fitzsimmons, Manteit, Robson and Weiss were selected from Queensland clubs. Cootes, Costello and Lye were selected from clubs in New South Wales Country areas. The balance of the squad were playing for Sydney based clubs during the 1969 season.[5]

Player Position Age Weight
st.lb (kg) 		Club Tests
on
Tour 		Games Tries Goals FG Points
Michael Cleary Wing 29 14.0 (89) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 0 2 4 0 0 12
Ron Coote Lock 24 14.3 (90) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 5 4 0 0 12
John Cootes Wing 27 13.10 (87) Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Newcastle Western Suburbs 2 4 3 2 0 13
Ron Costello Second-row 26 14.1 (89) North Sydney colours.svg C.B.C. Wollongong 1 4 2 0 0 6
Jeff Denman Wing 26 12.0 (76) Balmain colours.svg Brisbane Eastern Suburbs 0 3 0 0 0 0
Brian Fitzsimmons Hooker 26 12.8 (80) Brothers Colours.svg Glastone Brothers 0 3 0 0 0 0
Bob Honan Wing 25 12.7 (79) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 6 1 0 0 3
Les Johns Fullback 27 12.0 (76) Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 2 4 0 19 2 42
Graeme Langlands Centre 27 13.0 (83) St. George colours.svg St George 2 5 0 3 0 6
Graham Lye Five-eighth 21 11.12 (75) Newcastle colours.svg Illawarra Western Suburbs 0 3 0 0 0 0
Dennis Manteit Prop 26 15.4 (97) Brothers Colours.svg Brisbane Brothers 0 3 5 0 0 15
Bob McCarthy Second-row 24 15.3 (97) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 1 0 0 3
John McDonald Centre 24 13.0 (83) Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 5 2 0 0 6
Denis Pittard Five-eighth 22 11.6 (73) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 1 0 0 3
Ian Robson Second-row 21 15.0 (95) Wests Panthers Colours.svg Brisbane Western Suburbs 0 2 0 0 0 0
John Sattler (c) Prop 26 14.8 (93) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 1 0 0 3
Elwyn Walters Hooker 24 13.11 (88) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 0 0 0 0
Dennis Ward Halfback 24 10.10 (68) Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 5 1 0 2 7
Col Weiss Second-row 25 12.7 (79) Queensland colours.svg Bundaberg 1 5 1 0 0 3
John Wittenberg Prop 30 15.3 (97) St. George colours.svg St George 2 5 1 0 0 3

Tour[]

The Australians played six matches on the tour, winning the first four before losing the final two.[6]

Wednesday 28 May
13 – 17 Australian colours.svg Australia
Report [7]
Database[8]

First test[]

Sunday 1 June
New Zealand  10 – 20  Australia
Tries:

Goals:
Don Ladner (5/5) 		Team[7]
Report[9]
Database[10] 		Tries:
Ron Coote (2)
John Cootes
Denis Pittard
Goals:
Les Johns (4/4)
Carlaw Park, Auckland
Attendance: 13,459
Referee: John Percival New Zealand
New Zealand
Australia
FB 1 Saintscolours.svg Don Ladner
RW 2 Canterbury colours.svg
RC 3 Canterbury colours.svg John Wilson
LC 4 Wellington colours.svg Sam Rolleston
LW 5 Saintscolours.svg Mocky Brereton
FE 6 Parramatta colours.svg Trevor Patrick
HB 7 North Sydney colours.svg Graeme Cooksley
PR 8 Canterbury colours.svg Oscar Danielson
HK 9 Wellington colours.svg Colin O'Neil (c)
PR 10 North Sydney colours.svg Bill Noonan
SR 11 Saintscolours.svg John Hibbs
SR 12 Canterbury colours.svg Tony Kriletich
LF 13 North Sydney colours.svg Rodney Walker
Coach:
New Zealand Lory Blanchard
FB 1 Canterbury colours.svg Les Johns
RW 2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg John Cootes
RC 3 St. George colours.svg Graeme Langlands
LC 4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg John McDonald
LW 5 South Sydney colours.svg Bob Honan
FE 6 South Sydney colours.svg Denis Pittard
HB 7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dennis Ward
PR 8 St. George colours.svg John Wittenberg
HK 9 South Sydney colours.svg Elwyn Walters
PR 10 South Sydney colours.svg John Sattler (c)
SR 11 North Sydney colours.svg Ron Costello
SR 12 South Sydney colours.svg Bob McCarthy
LF 13 South Sydney colours.svg Ron Coote
Coach:
Australia Harry Bath
Monday 2 June
South Island 15 – 24 Australian colours.svg Australia
Report[11]
Database[12]
Wednesday 4 June
Wellington Wellington colours.svg 7 – 48 Australian colours.svg Australia
Team[13]
Report[14]
Database[15]
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Attendance: 1,415

Second test[]

Saturday 7 June
New Zealand  18 – 14  Australia
Tries:
Bill Noonan
Phil Orchard
Goals:
Don Ladner (5/5)
Field goals:
Don Ladner 		Team[16]
Report[17]
Database[18] 		Tries:
Ron Coote
Robert McCarthy
Goals:
Les Johns (4/4)
Carlaw Park, Auckland
Attendance: 9,848
Referee: John Percival New Zealand
New Zealand
Australia
FB 1 Saintscolours.svg Don Ladner
RW 2 Canterbury colours.svg Phillip Orchard
RC 3 Saintscolours.svg Mocky Brereton
LC 4 Canterbury colours.svg Brian Clark
LW 5 Canterbury colours.svg Roy Christian
FE 6 Wellington colours.svg Gary Woollard
HB 7 North Sydney colours.svg Graeme Cooksley
PR 8 Canterbury colours.svg Oscar Danielson
HK 9 Wellington colours.svg Colin O'Neil (c)
PR 10 Canterbury colours.svg Doug Gailey
SR 11 Waikatoleague.png Bill Deacon
SR 12 North Sydney colours.svg Bill Noonan
LF 13 Canterbury colours.svg Tony Kriletich
Coach:
New Zealand Lory Blanchard
FB 1 Canterbury colours.svg Les Johns
RW 2 South Sydney colours.svg Bob Honan
RC 3 St. George colours.svg Graeme Langlands
LC 4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg John McDonald
LW 5 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg John Cootes
FE 6 South Sydney colours.svg Denis Pittard
HB 7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Dennis Ward
PR 8 South Sydney colours.svg John Sattler (c)
HK 9 South Sydney colours.svg Elwyn Walters
PR 10 St. George colours.svg John Wittenberg
SR 11 South Sydney colours.svg Bob McCarthy
SR 12 Queensland colours.svg
LF 13 South Sydney colours.svg Ron Coote
Coach:
Australia Harry Bath
Tuesday 10 June
Auckland Canterbury colours.svg 15 – 14 Australian colours.svg Australia
Teams[19]
Report[20]
Database[21]
Carlaw Park, Auckland
Attendance: 6,520

References[]

  1. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1969 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Team Manager for N.Z." The Rugby League news. Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League (Vol. 50 No. 14 (3 May 1969)). nla.obj-767453332. Retrieved 28 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
  3. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Players for N.Z. Tour". The Rugby League news. Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League (Vol. 50 No. 18 (24 May 1969)). nla.obj-759105460. Retrieved 28 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
  4. ^ E.E.Christensen (1970). "Australian Tour of N.Z.". E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook. Sydney: E.E.Christensen (Vol. 24).
  5. ^ "N.S.W. 12, Queensland 5, Country 3 No Surprises In Rl Tour Team". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 19 May 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  6. ^ SteveRicketts (2019-06-19). "FLASHBACK: June 1969". Steve Ricketts. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
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  8. ^ 1969 North Island Colts vs Australia – Rugby League Project
  9. ^ "One-Sided R.L. Test New Zealand No Match For Australia". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 2 Jun 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
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  13. ^ "Injuries plague league tourists". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 4 Jun 1969. p. 32. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  14. ^ "League tourists win at a canter". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 5 Jun 1969. p. 40. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  15. ^ 1969 Wellington vs Australia – Rugby League Project
  16. ^ "Curfew set by coach". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 7 Jun 1969. p. 30. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  17. ^ "N.Z. On Top In Test". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 9 Jun 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  18. ^ 1969 New Zealand vs Australia – Rugby League Project
  19. ^ "Battered league tourists face hard game". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 10 Jun 1969. p. 22. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  20. ^ "Sensational End To Tough League Tour - Referee knocked out; Wittenberg in hospital". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 11 Jun 1969. p. 32. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  21. ^ 1969 Auckland vs Australia – Rugby League Project
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