1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

9	8	0	1

Test match

2	1	0	1

Opponent

P	W	D	L

France

2	1	0	1

The 1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France was a series of nine matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Italy and France in October and November 1977. The All Blacks won eight of their nine games, losing only the first of the two internationals against France.

Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Italy President's XV	17	9	22 October	Padua^[1]
French Selection	45	3	26 October	Stade Municipale, Brive^[2]
French Selection (South-East)	12	10	29 October	Stade Municipal, Lyon^[3]
French Selection (Languedoc)	12	6	1 November	Perpignan^[4]
French Selection (South-West)	34	12	5 November	Stade Armandie, Agen^[5]
French Selection (South-West)	38	22	8 November	Stade Municipal, Bayonne^[6]
FRANCE	13	18	11 November	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse^[7]
French Selection	30	3	15 November	Stade Chanzy, Angoulême^[8]
FRANCE	15	3	19 November	Parc des Princes, Paris^[9]

Touring party

Manager: Ron Don
Assistant Manager: Jack Gleeson
Captain: Graham Mourie

Backs

Bevan Wilson (Otago)
Bryan Williams (Auckland)
Brian Ford (Marlborough)
Bruce Robertson (Counties)
Stu Wilson (Wellington)
Mark Taylor (Bay of Plenty)
Bill Osborne (Wanganui)
Brian Hegarty (Wellington) replacement during tour
Doug Bruce (Canterbury)
Brian McKechnie (Southland)
Mark Donaldson (Manawatu)
Kevin Greene (Waikato)

Forwards

Graham Mourie (Taranaki)
Kevin Eveleigh (Manawatu)
Lawrie Knight (Poverty Bay)
Gary Seear (Otago)
Dick Myers (Waikato)
Robbie Stuart (Hawke's Bay)
Frank Oliver (Southland)
Andy Haden (Auckland)
Gary Knight (Manawatu)
Brad Johnstone (Auckland)
John Ashworth (Canterbury)
John McEldowney (Taranaki)
Andy Dalton (Counties)

References

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↑ "723rd All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "724th All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "725th All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "726th All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "727th All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
↑ "174th All Black Test – 728th All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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Vivian Jenkins (ed.). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 32–38. ISBN 0-354-09047-X.

New Zealand rugby union tours

Australia	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992

South Africa	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

British Isles	1905-06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1978 1979 1980 1983 1989 1993 1997 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008

France	1906 1925 1964 1967 1972–73 1977 1981 1986 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Italy and Romania	1977 1979 1981 1995 2000 2004

North and South America	1906 1913 1925 1936 1953–54 1964 1967 1972 1976 1980 1985 1989 1991 2001 2006

Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987

Rugby union tours of France

Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005

Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001

Ireland	1988

Japan	1973 2000

Maori All Blacks	1926-27

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Pacific Islanders	2008

Samoa	1989 (no test)

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1951-52 1960-61 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005

Tonga	2005

USA	1924 Olympic Games

Rugby union tours of Italy

Argentina	1978 1998 2002 2005 2006 2008

Australia	1973 (unofficial) 1976 (unofficial) 1983 1988 2002 2006 2008 2013

New Zealand	1977 (no test) 1979 (unofficial) 1995 2000 2004

South Africa	1995 1997 2001

Asia and Oceanian teams	1976 2001 2001 2005 2005 2005 2008

North American Teams	2000 2004 2004

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