1969 Wales rugby union tour of Oceania

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1969 Wales rugby union tour of Oceania
Summary
PWDL
Total
7412
Test match
3102
Opponent
PWDL
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2 0 0 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour 1968 Argentina
Next tour 1975 Asia

The 1969 Wales rugby union tour was a series of 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.

Contents

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 9–9Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales XV
Rugby Park, New Plymouth

31 May 1969
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg19–0Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Lancaster Park, Christchurch

4 June 1969
Otago 9–27Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales XV
Carisbrook, Dunedin

7 June 1969
Wellington 6–14Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales XV
Athletic Park, Wellington

14 June 1969
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg33–12Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Eden Park, Auckland

21 June 1969
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg16–19Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

25 June 1969
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg11–31Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales XV
Suva

Touring party

Full-backs

Three-quarters

Half-backs

Forwards

Replacements

Bibliography