1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France

Series of rugby union matches

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

10	08	01	01

Test match

03	03	00	00

Opponent

P	W	D	L

France

2	2	0	0

Romania

1	1	0	0

The 1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France was a series of ten matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Romania and France in October and November 1981. The All Blacks won eight of the ten games, including the international match against Romania and both internationals against France. The only team to defeat the All Blacks was a French regional selection, and the All Blacks were also held to a draw by another regional team.

Matches

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

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Southern Romania XV	25	9	20 October	Constanța
ROMANIA	14	6	24 October	Stadionul Național, Bucharest
French Selection	15	13	28 October	Strasbourg
French Selection	18	10	31 October	Clermont-Ferrand
French Selection	16	18	4 November	Grenoble
French Barbarians	28	18	7 November	Bayonne
French Selection	6	6	11 November	Perpignan
FRANCE	13	9	14 November	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
French Selection	17	13	17 November	La Rochelle
FRANCE	18	6	21 November	Parc des Princes, Paris

Touring party

Manager: P. Gill
Assistant Manager: Peter Burke
Captain: Graham Mourie

Backs

Allan Hewson (Wellington)
Bernie Fraser (Wellington)
Stu Wilson (Wellington)
Fred Woodman (North Auckland)
Jamie Salmon (Wellington)
Arthur Stone (Waikato)
Lachie Cameron (Manawatu)
Steven Pokere (Southland)
Doug Rollerson (Manawatu)
Brian McKechnie (Southland)
Dave Loveridge (Taranaki)
Andrew Donald (Wanganui)
John Boe (Waikato) replacement during tour

Forwards

Murray Mexted (Wellington)
Geoff Old (Manawatu)
Graham Mourie (Taranank)
Frank Shelford (Bay of Plenty)
Mark Shaw (Manawatu)
Andy Haden (Auckland)
Gary Whetton (Auckland)
Jock Ross (Mid-Canterbury)
Rod Ketels (Counties)
Wayne Neville (North Auckland)
John Spiers (Counties)
Paul Koteka (Waikato)
Hika Reid (Bay of Plenty)
Andy Dalton (Counties)
Brian Morrissey (Waikato) replacement during tour

References

Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1982). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1982–83. Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 59–64. ISBN 0-907574-13-0.

Notes

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Matches

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See also	1888–89 matches Rhodesia (1949) Barbarians (1973) NZRFU Centenary Matches South Africa (1992)

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
Europe	1905–06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1986 1989 1990 1993 1995 1997 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987
Americas	US (1906) US & Canada 1913) Canada (1925) Canada (1936) US & Canada (1954) Canada (1964) Canada (1967) Canada (1972) Uruguay & Argentina (1976) US & Canada (1980) Argentina (1985) Canada (1989) Argentina (1991) Argentina (2001) Argentina (2006)
Māori All Blacks tours	1888–89 1926–27 1949 1982 2012 2013 2014

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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 1992 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005
Tonga	2005
USA	1924 Olympic Games