1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand

Series of rugby union matches

1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand

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Total| | 12|  11|  00|  01

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Test match| | 02|  02|  00|  00

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Opponent| | P|  W|  D|  L

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New Zealand| | 2|  2|  0|  0

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The 1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of 12 rugby union matches played by the "Wallabies" in 1949. The Australians lost only one match, and won the Test series 2-0.

At the same time, a 30-man All Black squad was touring South Africa. On 3 September 1949, New Zealand lost two test matches on the same day - one in South Africa, the other at home to Australia.

"The New Zealand Rugby Union ... decided that the 1949 matches against Australia would have full test status, even though the country's top 30 players were in South Africa. One of the reasons for the decision was to not deprive test caps to three of the All Blacks, Johnny Smith, Ben Couch and Vincent Bevan who were not considered for the South African tour because they were Māori (although Bevan was not regarded as eligible for the Māori All Blacks). All three would surely have otherwise gone to South Africa (also probably Ronald Bryers and Nau Cherrington)."[1]

## Matches

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Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status

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King Country | 24 | 6 | 17 August 1949 | Taumarunui Domain, Taumarunui | Tour match
Bay of Plenty | 35 | 8 | 21 August 1949 | Whakatane Field, Whakatāne | Tour match
Poverty Bay /
East Coast | 20 | 12 | 24 August 1949 | Rugby Park, Gisborne | Tour match
Wairarapa | 21 | 14 | 27 August 1949 | Memorial Park, Masterton | Tour match
Manawatu /
Horowhenua | 29 | 6 | 31 August 1949 | Showgrounds, Palmerston North | Tour match
New Zealand | 11 | 6 | 3 September 1949 | Athletic Park, Wellington | Test match
Combined XV | 14 | 8 | 7 September 1949 | Lansdowne Park, Blenheim | Tour match
West Coast-Buller | 15 | 17 | 10 September 1949 | Rugby Park, Greymouth | Tour match
Ashburton /
South Canterbury /
North Otago | 9 | 0 | 14 September 1949 | Centennial Park, Oamaru | Tour match
Southland | 15 | 10 | 17 September 1949 | Rugby Park, Invercargill | Tour match
Canterbury | 16 | 12 | 21 September 1949 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Tour match
New Zealand | 16 | 9 | 24 September 1949 | Eden Park, Auckland | Test match

## Bibliography

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* Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.

All found on link

## References

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1. ^ Palenski, Ron (2003). Century in Black: 100 years of All Black test rugby. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder Moa Beckett. p. 184\. ISBN 1-86958-937-8.

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