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1982 England rugby union tour of Canada and the United States

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The 1982 England rugby union tour of Canada and the United States was a series of eight matches played by the England national rugby union team in Canada and the United States in May and June 1982. The tour was entirely successful as the England team won all its eight matches and conceded only 34 points. England did not award full international caps for the internationals against Canada and the United States.

Contents

Matches

Scores and results list England's points tally first.

Touring party

  • Manager: Budge Rogers
  • Assistant Manager: A. M. Davis
  • Captain: Steve Smith

    • Full back

  • Dusty Hare (Leicester)
  • Nick Stringer (Wasps)

    • Three-quarters

  • John Carleton (Orrell)
  • Clive Woodward (Leicester)
  • Tony Bond (Sale)
  • Tony Swift (Swansea)
  • N. H. McDowell (Gosforth)
  • S. Holdstock (Nottingham)

    • Half-backs

  • Les Cusworth (Leicester)
  • Peter Williams (Orrell)
  • Steve Smith (Sale)
  • Nigel Melville (Wakefield)

    • Forwards

  • John Scott (Cardiff)
  • Peter Winterbottom (Headingley)
  • David Cooke Harlequins
  • J. D. G. Gadd (Gloucester)
  • Nick Jeavons (Moseley)
  • Maurice Colclough (Angoulême)
  • Jim Syddall (Waterloo)
  • Steve Bainbridge (Gosforth)
  • Gary Pearce (Northampton)
  • Phil Blakeway (Gloucester)
  • Paul Rendall (Wasps)
  • Malcolm Preedy (Gloucester)
  • Peter Wheeler (Leicester)
  • Steve Mills (Gloucester)

    • References

    1982 England rugby union tour of Canada and the United States Wikipedia
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