1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England

March 2014 March 2025 New Zealand 1974 8 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 IRE 1 1 0 0 The 1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England was a series of eight matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in November 1974. The tour formed part of the celebrations of the centenary of the Irish Rugby Football Union and six of the eight matches were played in Ireland, culminating in the international against the Ireland national rugby union team. The tourists then moved to Wales to play a team designated 'A Welsh XV' but which was in fact a full-strength Wales team. Although neither Wales nor New Zealand awarded caps for the match it was a full international in all but name and attracted a crowd of 50,000 to Cardiff Arms Park for a midweek afternoon match.Rothmans p40 The final fixture was against the Barbarians who selected the entire pack of forwards who had played in the test matches on that year's 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa.Rothmans p41 The Barbarians held the All Blacks to a 13–13 draw and prevented them from completing a clean sweep by winning all eight matches on tour. This was the first time that the All Blacks had undertaken a short tour to Europe. On each of the seven previous All Black tours the tourists had played at least fifteen fixtures and at least four full international matches. Matches Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date VenueCombined Irish Universities 10 3 6 November The Mardyke, CorkMunster 14 4 9 November Thomond Park, LimerickLeinster 8 3 13 November Lansdowne Road, DublinUlster 30 15 16 November Ravenhill, BelfastConnacht 25 3 20 November Galway Showground, Galway Ireland 15 6 23 November Lansdowne Road, DublinWelsh XV 12 3 27 November Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffBarbarians 13 13 30 November Twickenham, London References http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=71 Bibliography Vivian Jenkins Vivian Jenkins Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1975–76 1975 Queen Anne Press 0362002215 36–41 expanded collapsed collapsed collapsed Category:1974 rugby union tours 1974 1974 1974 1974 Category:1974 in New Zealand rugby union Category:1974–75 in Irish rugby union Category:1974–75 in English rugby union Category:1974–75 in Welsh rugby union Category:1974–75 in European rugby union