1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand

March 2014 April 2026 Australia 1949 12 11 0 1 2 2 0 0 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 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 Ron Bryers and Nau Cherrington)."Palenski Ron Century in Black: 100 years of All Black test rugby 2003 Hodder Moa Beckett Auckland, N.Z. 1-86958-937-8 184 Matches Scores and results list Australia's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusKing Country y24617 August 1949Taumarunui Domain, TaumarunuiTour matchBay of Plenty y35821 August 1949Whakatane Field, WhakatāneTour matchPoverty Bay y /East Coast y201224 August 1949Rugby Park, GisborneTour matchWairarapa y211427 August 1949Memorial Park, MastertonTour matchManawatu y /Horowhenua y29631 August 1949Showgrounds, Palmerston NorthTour matchNew Zealand New Zealand1163 September 1949Athletic Park, WellingtonTest match15px Combined XV1487 September 1949Lansdowne Park, BlenheimTour match15px West Coast-Buller151710 September 1949Rugby Park, GreymouthTour match15px Ashburton /South Canterbury y /North Otago y9014 September 1949Centennial Park, OamaruTour matchSouthland y151017 September 1949Rugby Park, InvercargillTour matchCanterbury y161221 September 1949Lancaster Park, ChristchurchTour matchNew Zealand New Zealand16924 September 1949Eden Park, AucklandTest match Bibliography Vivian Jenkins Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80 1979 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-354-09087-9 All found on link References Category:Australia national rugby union team tours of New Zealand Australian Rugby Union New Zealand Rugby Union