1989 New Zealand rugby union tour of Canada and the British Isles

August 2013August 2013 March 2014 April 2026 New Zealand 1989 14 14 0 0 2 2 0 0 IRE 1 1 0 0 WAL 1 1 0 0 The New Zealand national rugby union team toured Canada and the Britain and Ireland in October and November 1989, playing test matches against the national teams of Wales and Ireland and tour matches against 12 other sides, including the Barbarians. They went unbeaten on the tour, winning all 14 matches.1989 New Zealand Tour to Canada and the British Isles http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=111 allblacks.com 17 August 2026 Squad Coach: Alex Wyllie Name Position ProvinceSean FitzpatrickHookerAucklandWarren GatlandHookerWaikatoRichard LoePropCanterburySteve McDowallPropAucklandGraham PurvisPropWaikatoRon WilliamsPropNorth HarbourSteve GordonLockWaikatoIan JonesLockNorth AucklandMurray PierceLockWellingtonGary WhettonLockAucklandAndy EarlFlankerWellingtonPaul HendersonFlankerSouthlandKevin SchulerFlankerNorth HarbourMike BrewerLoose forwardOtagoZinzan BrookeLoose forwardAucklandBuck Shelford (captain)Loose forwardNorth HarbourAlan WhettonLoose forwardAucklandGraeme BachopHalfbackCanterburyBruce DeansHalfbackCanterburyFrano BoticaFirst five-eighthNorth HarbourGrant FoxFirst five-eighthAucklandJohn SchusterSecond five-eighthWellingtonCraig InnesCentreAucklandWalter LittleCentre & Five-eighthNorth HarbourBernie McCahillCentreAucklandJoe StanleyCentreAucklandJohn KirwanWingAucklandInga TuigamalaWingAucklandTerry WrightWingAucklandJohn GallagherFullbackWellingtonMatthew RidgeFullbackAucklandJohn TimuFullbackOtago Results Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusBritish Columbia4838 October 1989Swangard Stadium, VancouverTour matchCardiff251514 October 1989Arms Park, CardiffTour matchPontypool RFC47618 October 1989PontypoolTour matchSwansea372221 October 1989St. Helen's, SwanseaTour matchNeath RFC261525 October 1989The Gnoll, NeathTour matchLlanelli RFC11028 October 1989Stradey Park, LlanelliTour matchNewport54931 October 1989Rodney Parade, NewportTour matchWales3494 November 1989Arms Park, CardiffTest matchLeinster3698 November 1989Lansdowne Road, DublinTour matchMunster31911 November 1989CorkTour matchConnacht40614 November 1989GalwayTour matchIreland23618 November 1989Lansdowne Road, DublinTest matchUlster21321 November 1989Ravenhill, BelfastTour matchBarbarians 211025 November 1989Twickenham, LondonTour match British Columbia vs New Zealand 8 October 1989 British Columbia 3–48 Report NZL Wyatt Brooke (2)Deans (2)LittleStanleyTuigamala Gallagher (7) Gallagher (2) Swangard Stadium, Burnaby 7,000 Keith Morrison (Vancouver) Cardiff vs New Zealand 14 October 1989 14:30 Cardiff 15–25 Report NZL Edwards Rayer Evans (2)Rayer BrewerLoeA. J. Whetton Fox (2) Fox (3) Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 30,000 Ray Megson (Scotland) Pontypool vs New Zealand 18 October 1989 14:30 Pontypool 6–47 Report NZL Silva (2) BachopBoticaFitzpatrickJohn GallagherJonesKirwanLittleTuigamala Gallagher (3) Gallagher (3) Pontypool Park, Pontypool 23,000 Brian Sterling (Ireland) Swansea vs New Zealand 21 October 1989 14:30 Swansea 22–37 Report NZL ArnoldI. DaviesHopkins Wyatt (2) Wyatt (2) Brewer (2)DeansGatlandInnes (2) Botica (5) Botica St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea 18,000 Nicolas Hourquet (France) Neath vs New Zealand 25 October 1989 14:30 Neath 15–26 Report NZL Edmunds Thorburn Thorburn (3) BrookeGallagher (2)Innes Botica (2) Botica (2) The Gnoll, Neath 10,000 Fred Howard (England) Llanelli vs New Zealand 28 October 1989 14:30 Llanelli 0–11 Report NZL EarlMcDowall Fox Stradey Park, Llanelli 18,000 Ken McCartney (Scotland) Newport vs New Zealand 31 October 1989 14:30 Newport 9–54 Report NZL Gregory Abraham Abraham BachopBrookeGallagher (2)McCahillSchulerTimuWright Fox (7) Rodney Parade, Newport 15,000 Owen Doyle (Ireland) Wales vs New Zealand 4 November 1989 WAL 9–34 Report NZL Thorburn (3) BachopInnes (2)Wright Fox (3) Fox (4) Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 55,000 Sandy MacNeill (Australia) Leinster vs New Zealand 8 November 1989 14:45 Leinster 9–36 Report NZL Sexton B. Smith B. Smith BrookeInnesJonesMcCahillTimu (2)G. Whetton Botica (4) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 18,000 Guy Maurette (France) Munster vs New Zealand 11 November 1989 14:30 Munster 9–31 Report NZL Keyes (3) BachopInnesPierceSchuster Fox (3) Fox (3) Musgrave Park, Cork 18,000 David Leslie (Scotland) Connacht vs New Zealand 14 November 1989 14:30 Connacht 6–40 Report NZL O'Beirne (2) Botica (3)DeansEarl (2)RidgeTuigamala Botica Botica (2) Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway 8,000 Les Peard (Wales) Ireland vs New Zealand 18 November 1989 IRE 6–23 Report NZL B. Smith GallagherShelfordWright Fox Fox (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 55,000 Sandy MacNeill (Australia) Ulster vs New Zealand 21 November 1989 19:30 Ulster 3–21 Report NZL Russell BrookeTuigamala Botica (2) Botica (3) Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 23,000 Ian Bullerwell (England) Barbarians vs New Zealand 25 November 1989 Barbarians 10–21 Report NZL Matthews Hastings (2) BrookeInnesLoe Fox (3) Fox Twickenham Stadium, London 60,000 Clive Norling (Wales) References Jenkins Vivian 1990 Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1989–90 Queen Anne Press External links Tour page at allblacks.com Category:1989 rugby union tours 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 Canada Category:1989–90 in Irish rugby union Category:1989–90 in Welsh rugby union Category:1989–90 in European rugby union