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1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America

The 1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of the Britain, Ireland, France and North America was a collection of rugby union test match games undertaken by the All Blacks against England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France. The tour also took in several matches against British, Irish, French and North American club, county and invitational teams. This was the seventh tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the All Blacks lost to the invitational Barbarians team.

Touring party
• Manager: Ernie Todd • Assistant Manager: Bob Duff • Captain: Ian Kirkpatrick BacksJoe Karam (Wellington) • Trevor Morris (Nelson-Bays) • Bryan Williams (Auckland) • Grant Batty (Wellington) • Duncan Hales (Canterbury) • George Skudder (Waikato) • Bruce Robertson (Counties) • Ian Hurst (Canterbury) • Mike Parkinson (Poverty Bay) • Mark Sayers (Wellington) • Bob Burgess (Manawatu) • Ian Stevens (Wellington) • Sid Going (North Auckland) • Lin Colling (Otago) ForwardsAlan Sutherland (Marlborough) • Alex Wyllie (Canterbury) • Bevan Holmes (North Auckland) • Ian Kirkpatrick (Poverty Bay) • Ken Stewart (Southland) • Alistair Scown (Taranaki) • Hamish Macdonald (Canterbury) • Ian Eliason (Taranaki) • Andy Haden (Auckland) • Peter Whiting (Auckland) • Keith Murdoch (Otago) • Jeff Matheson (Otago) • Kent Lambert (Manawatu) • Graham Whiting (King Country) • Ron Urlich (Auckland) • Tane Norton (Canterbury) • Lindsay Clark (Otago), replacement during tour • Sandy McNicol (Wanganui), replacement during tour ==Test matches==
Test matches
Wales Scotland England Ireland France ==Non-international matches==
Non-international matches
:''Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.'' Barbarians ==See also==
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