1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America Manager Tour captain(s) Ian Kirkpatrick Top point scorer(s) Joe Karam (145)Top try scorer(s) Grant Batty (21)Top test point scorer(s) Joe Karam (27)Top test try scorer(s) Sid Going (2)Alex Wyllie (2)Summary
Total Test match Opponent
England France Ireland Scotland Wales
The 1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of the Britain, Ireland, France and North America was a collection of rugby union test match games undertaken by the All Blacks against England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France. The tour also took in several matches against British, Irish, French and North American club, county and invitational teams. This was the seventh tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the All Blacks lost to the invitational Barbarians team.
In the club matches, the team only lost to Llanelli , North-Western Counties, Midland Counties (West), and the Barbarians , and drew with Munster . In the tests played the team won against Wales, Scotland and England, drew with Ireland and lost to France. This was their fifth "Grand Slam tour" after 1905–06 (Lost to Wales), 1935–36 (Lost to Wales and England), 1953–54 (Lost to Wales), 1963–64 (Drew with Scotland). They had to wait until 1978 for a "Grand Slam".
Touring party [ ]
Manager: Ernie Todd
Assistant Manager: Bob Duff
Captain: Ian Kirkpatrick
Backs [ ]
Joe Karam (Wellington)
Trevor Morris (Nelson-Bays)
Bryan Williams (Auckland)
Grant Batty (Wellington)
Duncan Hales (Canterbury)
George Skudder (Waikato)
Bruce Robertson (Counties)
Ian Hurst (Canterbury)
Mike Parkinson (Poverty Bay)
Mark Sayers (Wellington)
Bob Burgess (Manawatu)
Ian Stevens (Wellington)
Sid Going (North Auckland)
Lin Colling (Otago)
Forwards [ ]
Alan Sutherland (Marlborough)
Alex Wyllie (Canterbury)
Bevan Holmes (North Auckland)
Ian Kirkpatrick (Poverty Bay)
Ken Stewart (Southland)
Alistair Scown (Taranaki)
Hamish Macdonald (Canterbury)
Ian Eliason (Taranaki)
Andy Haden (Auckland)
Peter Whiting (Auckland)
Keith Murdoch (Otago)
Jeff Matheson (Otago)
Kent Lambert (Manawatu)
Graham Whiting (King Country)
Ron Urlich (Auckland)
Tane Norton (Canterbury)
Lindsay Clark (Otago), replacement during tour
Sandy McNicol (Wanganui), replacement during tour
Tour itinerary [ ]
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Test matches [ ]
Tries:
Con:
Pen:
Drop:
Wales [ ]
Wales
16–19
New Zealand
Bevan (4 – 1t) Bennett (12 – 4pg)
Report
(4 – 1t) Murdoch (15 – 5pg) Karam
Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Referee: R.F. Johnson (RFU )
FB
15
J.P.R. Williams
RW
14
Gerald Davies
IC
13
OC
12
Roy Bergiers
LW
11
John Bevan
FH
10
Phil Bennett
SH
9
Gareth Edwards
LP
1
Glyn Shaw
HK
2
Jeff Young
TP
3
Barry Llewelyn
LL
4
Derek Quinnell
RL
5
Delme Thomas (c )
BF
6
Dai Morris
OF
7
John Taylor
N8
8
Mervyn Davies
FB
15
Joe Karam
RW
14
Bryan Williams
IC
13
Duncan Hales
OC
12
Mike Parkinson
LW
11
Grant Batty
FH
10
Bob Burgess
SH
9
Sid Going
LP
1
Jeff Matheson
HK
2
Tane Norton
TP
3
Keith Murdoch
LL
4
Hamish Macdonald
RL
5
Peter Whiting
BF
6
Alex Wyllie
OF
7
Ian Kirkpatrick (c )
N8
8
Alan Sutherland
Scotland [ ]
Scotland
9–14
New Zealand
Irvine (6 – 2pg) McGeechan (3 – 1dg)
Report
(4 – 1t) Batty (4 – 1t) Going (4 – 1t) Wyllie (2 – 1c) Karam
Murrayfield , Edinburgh Referee: G. Domercq (FFR )
FB
15
Andy Irvine
RW
14
William Steele
IC
13
Ian Forsyth
OC
12
Jim Renwick
LW
11
David Shedden
FH
10
Ian McGeechan
SH
9
Ian McCrae
LP
1
Ian McLauchlan
HK
2
TP
3
Sandy Carmichael
LL
4
Alastair McHarg
RL
5
Gordon Brown
BF
6
Nairn MacEwan
OF
7
Rodger Arneil
N8
8
Peter Brown (c )
FB
15
Joe Karam
RW
14
Bryan Williams
IC
13
Bruce Robertson
OC
12
Mike Parkinson
LW
11
Grant Batty
FH
10
Ian Stevens
SH
9
Sid Going
LP
1
Graham Whiting
HK
2
Tane Norton
TP
3
Jeff Matheson
LL
4
Peter Whiting
RL
5
Hamish Macdonald
BF
6
Alistair Scown
OF
7
Ian Kirkpatrick (c )
N8
8
Alex Wyllie
England [ ]
England
0–9
New Zealand
Report
(4 – 1t) Kirkpatrick (2 – 1c) Karam (3 – 1dg) Williams
Twickenham , London Referee: J. Young (SRU )
FB
15
Joe Karam
RW
14
Bryan Williams
IC
13
Bruce Robertson
OC
12
Mike Parkinson
LW
11
Grant Batty
FH
10
Ian Stevens
SH
9
Sid Going
LP
1
Graham Whiting
HK
2
Tane Norton
TP
3
Kent Lambert
LL
4
Hamish Macdonald
RL
5
Peter Whiting
BF
6
Alex Wyllie
OF
7
Ian Kirkpatrick (c )
N8
8
Alan Sutherland
Ireland [ ]
Ireland
10–10
New Zealand
Grace (4 – 1t) (6 – 2pg)
Report
(4 – 1t) Going (4 – 1t) Alex Wyllie (2 – 1c) Karam
FB
15
Tom Kiernan (c )
RW
14
Tom Grace
IC
13
OC
12
Mike Gibson
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
John Moloney
LP
1
Ray McLoughlin
HK
2
Ken Kennedy
TP
3
Sean Lynch
LL
4
Willie John McBride
RL
5
BF
6
OF
7
Fergus Slattery
N8
8
FB
15
Joe Karam
RW
14
Bryan Williams
IC
13
Bruce Robertson
OC
12
Ian Hurst
LW
11
Grant Batty
FH
10
Ian Stevens
SH
9
Sid Going
LP
1
Graham Whiting
HK
2
Tane Norton
TP
3
Kent Lambert
LL
4
Peter Whiting
RL
5
Hamish Macdonald
BF
6
Alex Wyllie
OF
7
Ian Kirkpatrick (c )
N8
8
Alan Sutherland
France [ ]
France
13–6
New Zealand
Bertranne (4 – 1t) Dourthe (4 – 1t) Romeu (5 – 1c, 1pg)
Report
(6 – 2pg) Karam
Parc des Princes , Paris Referee: D.P. d'Arcy (IRFU )
FB
15
Jack Cantoni
RW
14
Roland Bertranne
IC
13
Claude Dourthe
OC
12
Jean-Pierre Lux
LW
11
Andre Campaes
FH
10
Jean-Pierre Romeu
SH
9
Max Barrau
LP
1
Jean-Louis Azarete
HK
2
Rene Benesis
TP
3
Jean Iraçabal
LL
4
Élie Cester
RL
5
Alain Estève
BF
6
Olivier Saïsset
OF
7
Pierre Biemouret
N8
8
Walter Spanghero (c )
FB
15
Joe Karam
RW
14
Bryan Williams
IC
13
Bruce Robertson
OC
12
Ian Hurst
LW
11
Grant Batty
FH
10
Ian Stevens
SH
9
Sid Going
LP
1
Graham Whiting
HK
2
Tane Norton
TP
3
Kent Lambert
LL
4
Peter Whiting
RL
5
Hamish Macdonald
BF
6
Alex Wyllie
OF
7
Ian Kirkpatrick (c )
N8
8
Alan Sutherland
Non-International Matches [ ]
Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first. [1]
N°
Opposing Team
F
A
Date
Venue
Captain
1
British Columbia
31
9
19 October 1972
Brockton Oval, Vancouver
Ian Kirkpatrick
2
New York Metropolitan
41
9
21 October 1972
Downing Stadium , New York
Sid Going
3
Western Counties[2]
39
12
28 October 1972
Kingsholm , Gloucester
Ian Kirkpatrick
4
Llanelli
3
9
31 October 1972
Stradey Park , Llanelli
Ian Kirkpatrick
5
Cardiff
20
4
4 November 1972
Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff
Ian Kirkpatrick
6
Cambridge University
34
3
8 November 1972
Grange Road, Cambridge
Sid Going
7
London Counties
24
3
11 November 1972
Twickenham , London
Ian Kirkpatrick
8
Leinster
17
9
15 November 1972
Lansdowne Road , Dublin
Sid Going
9
Ulster
19
6
18 November 1972
Ravenhill , Belfast
Ian Kirkpatrick
10
North-Western Counties
14
16
22 November 1972
Ellis Sports Ground, Workington
Ian Kirkpatrick
11
Rest of Scottish Districts
26
6
25 November 1972
Mansfield Park , Hawick
Ian Kirkpatrick
12
Gwent
16
7
28 November 1972
Welfare Sports Ground, Ebbw Vale
Ian Kirkpatrick
13
Midland Counties (West)
8
16
6 December 1972
The Reddings, Moseley
Ian Kirkpatrick
14
North-Eastern Counties
9
3
9 December 1972
Lidget Green, Bradford
Ian Kirkpatrick
15
Glasgow - Edinburgh
16
10
12 December 1972
Little Hughenden Park, Glasgow
Alex Wyllie
16
Southern Counties
23
6
20 December 1972
Iffley Road , Oxford
Ian Kirkpatrick
17
Combined Services
31
10
26 December 1972
Twickenham , London
Alex Wyllie
18
East Glamorgan
20
9
30 December 1972
Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff
Ian Kirkpatrick
19
South-Western Counties[3]
30
7
2 January 1973
The Recreation Ground, Redruth
Ian Kirkpatrick
20
Newport
20
15
10 January 1973
Rodney Parade , Newport
Sid Going
21
Midland Counties (East)[4]
43
12
13 January 1973
Welford Road , Leicester
Ian Kirkpatrick
22
Munster
3
3
16 January 1973
Musgrave Park , Cork
Alex Wyllie
23
Neath and Aberavon
43
3
24 January 1973
The Gnoll , Neath
Ian Kirkpatrick
24
Barbarians
11
23
27 January 1973
Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff
Ian Kirkpatrick
25
South-West Selection
12
3
31 January 1973
Tarbes Stadium, Tarbes
Ian Kirkpatrick
26
France 'B'
23
8
3 February 1973
Stade Municipal , Lyon
Ian Kirkpatrick
27
French Selection
6
3
7 February 1973
Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand
Sid Going
Barbarians [ ]
Barbarians
23–11
New Zealand
Edwards (4 – 1t) Slattery (4 – 1t) Bevan (4 – 1t) Williams (4 – 1t) Bennett (7 – 2c, 1pg)
Report
(8 – 2t) Batty (3 – 1pg) Karam
Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Referee: G. Domercq (FFR )
FB
15
J.P.R. Williams
RW
14
David Duckham
IC
13
John Dawes (c )
OC
12
Mike Gibson
LW
11
John Bevan
FH
10
Phil Bennett
SH
9
Gareth Edwards
LP
1
Ray McLoughlin
HK
2
John Pullin
TP
3
Sandy Carmichael
LL
4
Willie John McBride
RL
5
BF
6
Tom David
OF
7
Fergus Slattery
N8
8
Derek Quinnell
FB
15
Joe Karam
RW
14
Bryan Williams
IC
13
Bruce Robertson
OC
12
Ian Hurst
LW
11
Grant Batty
FH
10
Bob Burgess
SH
9
Sid Going
LP
1
Graham Whiting
HK
2
Ron Urlich
TP
3
Kent Lambert
LL
4
Peter Whiting
RL
5
Hamish Macdonald
BF
6
Alistair Scown
OF
7
Ian Kirkpatrick (c )
N8
8
Alex Wyllie
See also [ ]
End-of-year rugby union internationals
References [ ]
External links [ ]
New Zealand national rugby union team
History and Records Players Competitions and trophies Related teams Matches
Tours
Australia South Africa Europe Asia and Oceania North and South America Māori All Blacks tours
See also
Grand Slam tours
Australia New Zealand South Africa
Rugby union tours of England
Argentina Australia New Zealand South Africa Romania Japan Fiji
1982 (no test)
1985 (no test)
1989
Samoa Tonga Pacific Islanders Canada United States Maori All Blacks
Rugby union tours of France
Argentina Australia Canada Fiji
1964
1989 no test
1990
2001
Ireland Japan Maori All Blacks New Zealand Pacific Islanders Samoa South Africa Tonga USA
Rugby union tours of Scotland
Argentina Australia New South Wales New Zealand South Africa Romania Fiji Samoa Tonga Pacific Islanders Japan United States Canada