1968 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

12	12	00	00

Test match

03	03	00	00

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Australia

2	2	0	0

Fiji^[1]

1	1	0	0

The 1968 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia and Fiji was the 21st tour by the New Zealand national rugby union team to Australia and it ended with a match at Fiji.

The previous tour by the All Blacks to Australia was the 1962 tour. The Wallabies had visited New Zealand in 1964.

The All Backs won all both Test matches and the Bledisloe Cup.

Before the first Test Australian coach (and former Wallaby and All Black) Des Connor had studied the rulebook and after consulting with referees, he introduced tactically the first short lineout ever used in a match in the southern hemisphere.^[2] This tactic is now a common part of rugby at all levels.

Schedule

Scores and results list All Blacks's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Sydney	14	9	21 May 1968	Moore Park, Sydney	Tour match
Tasmania	74	0	25 May 1968	Queenborough Oval, Hobart	Tour match
Junior Wallabies	43	3	28 May 1968	Norwood Oval, Adelaide	Tour match
Victoria	68	0	1 June 1968	Olympic Stadium, Melbourne	Tour match
A.C.T.	44	0	5 June 1968	Manuka Oval, Canberra	Tour match
New South Wales	30	5	8 June 1968	Moore Park, Sydney	Tour match
New South Wales Country	29	3	10 June 1968	Sports Ground, Newcastle	Tour match
Australia Comb. Serv	45	8	12 June 1968	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	Tour match
Australia	27	11	15 June 1968	Cricket Ground, Sydney	Test match
Queensland	34	3	18 June 1968	Ballymore, Brisbane	Tour match
Australia	19	18	22 June 1968	Ballymore, Brisbane	Test match
Fiji	33	6	25 June 1968	National Stadium, Suva	Tour match

References

^ Official test match only for Fijian Rugby Union not for New Zealand Rugby Union
^ Howell p161

External links

New Zealand in Australia and Fiji 1968 from rugbymuseum.co.nz

Published sources

Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

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See also	1888–89 matches Rhodesia (1949) Barbarians (1973) NZRFU Centenary Matches South Africa (1992)

Tours

Australia	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992
South Africa	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996
Europe	1905–06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1986 1989 1990 1993 1995 1997 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987
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Māori All Blacks tours	1888–89 1926–27 1949 1982 2012 2013 2014

See also

v t e Rugby union tours of Australia
Argentina	1983 1986 1995 2000
British & Irish Lions	1888 1899 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1989 2001 2013 2025
Canada	1985 1996
England	1963 1975 1988 1991 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010 2016 2022
Fiji	1952 1954 1961 1976 1984 1985 1989
France	1961 1968 1972 1981 1986 1990 1997 2002 2005 2008 2014 2021
Ireland	1967 1979 1994 1999 2003 2006 2008 2010 2018 ~~2020~~
Italy	1981 1986 1994 2005
Japan	1975
New Zealand	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992
New Zealand Māori	1888–89 1922 1923 1926–27 1936 1949
Pacific Islanders	2004
Samoa	1994 2005
Scotland	1982 1992 1998 2004 2012
South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1971 1993
South Korea	1987
Tonga	1973 1993
United States	1990 1999
Wales	1969 1978 1991 1996 2003 2007 2012 2024