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1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

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In 1928, the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) undertook a three-month tour of South Africa. The series of four Test matches was drawn 2–2 and the overall tour record was sixteen wins, five losses and one draw.

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Matches

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

Touring party

  • Manager:
  • Assistant manager:
  • Captain: Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
    • Full-back
  • Herb Lilburne (Canterbury)
    • Three-quarters
  • Bert Grenside (Hawke's Bay)
  • Alan Robilliard (Canterbury)
  • Charles Rushbrook (Wellington)
  • Fred Lucas (Auckland)
  • Sydney Carleton (Canterbury)
    • Half-backs
  • David Lindsay (Otago)
  • Toby Sheen (Auckland)
  • Lance Johnson (Wellington)
  • Neil McGregor (Canterbury)
  • Marcus Nicholls (Wellington)
  • Archie Strang (South Canterbury)
  • Bill Dalley (Canterbury)
  • Francis Kilby (Wellington)
    • Forwards
  • Geoff Alley (Canterbury)
  • Cyril Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  • Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  • James Burrows (Canterbury)
  • Innes Finlayson (North Auckland)
  • Swinbourne Hadley (Auckland)
  • Ian Harvey (Wairarapa)
  • William Hazlett (Southland)
  • John Hore (Otago)
  • Ruben McWilliams (Auckland)
  • George Scrimshaw (Canterbury)
  • Eric Snow (Nelson)
  • Ron Stewart (South Canterbury)
  • John Swain (Hawkes Bay)
  • Edward Ward (Taranaki)

    • References

    1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa Wikipedia
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