The 1969 Wales rugby union tour was a series of rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. The tour took in four matches against regional and invitational teams and three tests; two to New Zealand and one to Australia. This was the second official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere and the first to Australasia and Melanesia.
The tour results were mixed for Wales; the team was unbeaten in the non-test matches and were victorious over Australia, but were completely out-classed by New Zealand. The captaincy of the tour was given to Newport's Brian Price.
Results edit
Touring party edit
- Manager: D. J. Phillips
Full-backs edit
Three-quarters edit
- Gerald Davies (Cardiff)
- Maurice Richards (Cardiff)
- Keith Jarrett (Newport)
- John Dawes (London Welsh)
- Alan Skirving (Newport)
- Stuart Watkins (Newport)
Half-backs edit
Forwards edit
- Mervyn Davies (London Welsh)
- Norman Gale (Llanelli)
- Dennis Hughes (Newbridge)
- Barry Llewellyn (Newport)
- David Lloyd (Bridgend)
- Dai Morris (Neath)
- Brian Price (Newport) (captain)
- John Taylor (London Welsh)
- Brian Thomas (Neath)
- Delme Thomas (Neath)
- Denzil Williams (Ebbw Vale)
- Jeff Young (Harrogate)
Replacements edit
Bibliography edit
- Billot, John (1972). All Blacks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.