1967 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand

1967 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
Date	19 August 1967
Coach(es)	Bryan Palmer[1]
Tour captain(s)	Ken Catchpole
Summary	P W D L
Total	01 00 00 01
Test match	01 00 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
New Zealand	1 0 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Great Britain, Ireland and France 1966–67
Next tour	Great Britain and Ireland 1968

The 1967 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was the sixteenth Australian tour of New Zealand and the first since 1964 (or 2 years, 355 days). It was succeeded by the 1972 tour of New Zealand and Fiji, exactly five years. Unlike both teams' usual arrangement of playing a two- or three-match series, the 1967 tour was a one-off match, the first since Australia's 1931 tour and wouldn't be repeated again until New Zealand's 1979 tour of Australia.

Despite the significant margin going the way of New Zealand, the half-time scoreline was 9–3 in New Zealand's favour with New Zealand scoring two penalty goals and one drop goal. While Australia had one try (unconverted) via Rod Batterham.^[2]

Fixtures

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away
19 August 1967	Athletic Park, Wellington	New Zealand	29–9	Australia

Match details

19 August 1967 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	29–9	Australia
Try: B. Davis Steel (2) Tremain Con: Williment (4) Pen: Williment (2) Drop: Herewini	Report	Try: Batterham (2) Pen: Batterham

Athletic Park, Wellington Attendance: 45,000[3] Referee: John Pring (New Zealand)

FB 15 Mick Williment RW 14 Malcolm Dick OC 13 Bill Davis IC 12 Ian MacRae LW 11 Tony Steel FH 10 Mack Herewini SH 9 Sid Going N8 8 Brian Lochore (c) OF 7 Kel Tremain BF 6 Waka Nathan RL 5 Colin Meads LL 4 Sam Strahan TP 3 Jack Hazlett HK 2 John Major LP 1 Brian Muller Coach: Fred Allen

FB 15 Russell Manning RW 14 Ian Procter OC 13 Phil Smith IC 12 John Brass LW 11 Rod Batterham FH 10 Phil Hawthorne SH 9 Ken Catchpole (c) N8 8 Tony Miller OF 7 Peter Johnson BF 6 Roy Prosser RL 5 Ross Teitzel LL 4 Tony Abrahams TP 3 Jeff Sayle HK 2 Greg Davis LP 1 Hugh Rose Coach: Bryan Palmer

References

1. "Wallabies Set To Regain RU Cup". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 769. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1967. p. 32. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Hall, I. J. D. (21 August 1967). "Australians Humbled, 29-9, By All Blacks". The Press. Wellington, New Zealand.
3. "New Zealand v Australia, 1967 – Wellington". en.espn.co.uk. ESPNscrum.