1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

none Bryce RopeWebster Jim 19 August 1983 Astonishing NZ Test plan The Sydney Morning Herald 45,440 Late John Fairfax and Sons 19 August 1983 26 Bryce Rope, the NZ coach, rocked an attentive press audience before the All Blacks trained at St John's Oval, Sydney University, yesterday afternoon with his assessment of what he wanted from his team, however great it might be. Andy Dalton Allan Hewson (14 points) Andrew Slack (1 try) Simon Poidevin (1 try) Warwick Taylor (1 try) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Australia 1 1 0 0 1981 Romania and France 1983 Great Britain The 1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia was the All Blacks' seventeenth tour of Australia and their first one-off test tour since 1979 (and 28 July 1979 20 August 1983). The tour was a one-off match between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116424326 All Blacks Set To Take Test The Canberra Times 57 17,492 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 20 August 1983 9 March 2023 45 National Library of Australia Considered the better side, and with the odds in their favour (6–4), New Zealand had only won five of their last ten fixtures against the Wallabies (50%). Australia were 9–10 outsiders, however, Wallabies coach Bob Dwyer commented: “The All Black aura of domination of five or six years ago is over... They were once supermen who couldn't be beaten but that All Black bogey doesn't exist any more.” New Zealand won the test 8–18.Foster Michael http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116424429 All Blacks Too Strong The Canberra Times 57 17,493 Sydney, New South Wales 21 August 1983 9 March 2023 17 National Library of Australia http://en.espn.co.uk/bledisloecup/rugby/match/21615.html New Zealand Tour of Australia, 1983 – ESPNscrum en.espn.co.uk ESPNscrum New Zealand coach Bryce Rope said that Australia and New Zealand were the two best rugby union teams in the world before the match. Wallaby coach, Bob Dwyer, insisted that Australia was the only team in the world (at the time) that could beat New Zealand, saying several days before the match, "I honestly reckon we're about the only side in the world who can beat them."Webster Jim 17 August 1983 Dwyer has total respect for All Blacks, but... 'We can win Test' The Sydney Morning Herald 45,438 Late John Fairfax and Sons 17 August 1983 40 The match was also David Campese's fourth match against the All Blacks. The first Bledisloe Cup test match in Australia to have a neutral referee Scotland's Brian Anderson was the first non Australian to referee a Bledisloe Cup Test in Australia Match details 20 August 1983 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 8–18 NZL Report PoidevinSlack Campese (0/2) Taylor Hewson (1/1) Hewson (4) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 44,10021 August 1983 Half Time For Action The Sun-Herald John Fairfax and Sons 83 Brian Anderson (Scotland) FB 15David CampeseRW 14Peter GriggOC 13Andrew SlackIC 12Mike HawkerLW 11Brendan MoonFH 10Mark Ella (c)SH 9 Tony ParkerN8 8 Duncan Hall Jr.OF 7 Simon PoidevinBF 6 Chris RocheRL 5 Steve WilliamsLL 4 David HillhouseTP 3 Stan PileckiHK 2 Bill RossLP 1 John MeadowsCoach:Bob Dwyer FB 15Allan HewsonRW 14Stu WilsonOC 13Steve PokereIC 12Warwick TaylorLW 11Bernie FraserFH 10Ian DunnSH 9 Dave LoveridgeN8 8 Murray MextedOF 7 Jock HobbsBF 6 Mark ShawRL 5 Andy HadenLL 4 Graeme HigginsonTP 3 Gary KnightHK 2 Andy Dalton (c)LP 1 John AshworthCoach:Bryce Rope References 30em 1983 Australia New Zealand