Series of rugby union matches
1969 Wales rugby union tour of Oceania | |||||
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Summary |
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Test match |
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Opponent |
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New Zealand |
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Australia |
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Previous tour | 1968 Argentina | ||||
Next tour | 1975 Asia |
The 1969 Wales rugby union tour was a series of rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. The tour took in four matches against regional and invitational teams and three tests; two to New Zealand and one to Australia. This was the second official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere and the first to Australasia and Melanesia.
The tour results were mixed for Wales; the team was unbeaten in the non-test matches and were victorious over Australia, but were completely out-classed by New Zealand. The captaincy of the tour was given to Newport's Brian Price.
Results
27 May 1969 |
Taranaki | 9–9 | Wales XV |
Rugby Park, New Plymouth |
31 May 1969 |
New Zealand | 19–0 | Wales |
Lancaster Park, Christchurch |
4 June 1969 |
Otago | 9–27 | Wales XV |
Carisbrook, Dunedin |
7 June 1969 |
Wellington | 6–14 | Wales XV |
Athletic Park, Wellington |
14 June 1969 |
New Zealand | 33–12 | Wales |
Eden Park, Auckland |
21 June 1969 |
Australia | 16–19 | Wales |
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
25 June 1969 |
Fiji | 11–31 | Wales XV |
Suva |
Touring party
- Manager: D. J. Phillips
Full-backs
Three-quarters
- Gerald Davies (Cardiff)
- Maurice Richards (Cardiff)
- Keith Jarrett (Newport)
- John Dawes (London Welsh)
- Alan Skirving (Newport)
- Stuart Watkins (Newport)
Half-backs
Forwards
- Mervyn Davies (London Welsh)
- Norman Gale (Llanelli)
- Dennis Hughes (Newbridge)
- Barry Llewellyn (Newport)
- David Lloyd (Bridgend)
- Dai Morris (Neath)
- Brian Price (Newport) (captain)
- John Taylor (London Welsh)
- Brian Thomas (Neath)
- Delme Thomas (Neath)
- Denzil Williams (Ebbw Vale)
- Jeff Young (Harrogate)
Replacements
Bibliography
- Billot, John (1972). All Blacks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
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Rugby union tours of New Zealand | |
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British & Irish Lions | |
Australia | |
New South Wales | |
South Africa | |
Argentina | |
England | |
France | |
Ireland | |
Italy | |
Scotland | |
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Romania |
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Japan | |
Fiji | |
Western Samoa | |
Pacific Islanders | |
Canada |
Rugby union tours of Australia | |
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Argentina | |
British & Irish Lions | |
Canada | |
England | |
Fiji | |
France | |
Ireland | |
Italy | |
Japan | |
New Zealand | |
New Zealand Māori | |
Pacific Islanders | |
Samoa | |
Scotland | |
South Africa | |
South Korea | |
Tonga | |
United States | |
Wales |
- 1969 rugby union tours
- 1969 in Australian rugby union
- 1969 in New Zealand rugby union
- Wales national rugby union team tours
- Wales national rugby union team tours of Australia
- Wales national rugby union team tours of Fiji
- Wales national rugby union team tours of New Zealand
- 1968–69 in Welsh rugby union
- 1969 in Fijian rugby union
- History of rugby union matches between Australia and Wales
- History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Wales