1969 Wales rugby union tour

The 1969 Wales rugby union tour was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. The tour took in four matches against regional and invitational teams and three tests; two to New Zealand and one to Australia. This was the second official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere and the first to Australasia and Melanesia.

The tour results were mixed for Wales; the team was unbeaten in the non-test matches and were victorious over Australia, but were completely out-classed by New Zealand. The captaincy of the tour was given to Newport's Brian Price.

Results

27 May 1969
Taranaki 9 - 9  Wales XV
Rugby Park, New Plymouth

31 May 1969
New Zealand  19 - 0  Wales

4 June 1969
Otago 9 - 27  Wales XV

7 June 1969
Wellington 6 - 14  Wales XV
Athletic Park, Wellington

14 June 1969
New Zealand  33 - 12  Wales

21 June 1969
Australia  16 - 19  Wales
(Cricket Ground), Sydney

25 June 1969
Fiji  11 - 31  Wales XV

Touring party

Full-backs

Three-quarters

Half-backs

Forwards

Replacements

Bibliography

References

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