1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

The 1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia was the All Blacks' seventeenth tour of Australia and their first one-off test tour since 1979 (4 years and 23 days). The tour was a one-off match between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.[2] Considered the better side, and with the odds in their favour (6–4), New Zealand had only won five of their last ten fixtures against the Wallabies (50%).[2] Australia were 9–10 outsiders, however, Wallabies coach Bob Dwyer commented: “The All Black aura of domination of five or six years ago is over... They were once supermen who couldn't be beaten but that All Black bogey doesn't exist any more.”[2] New Zealand won the test 8–18.[3][4] New Zealand coach Bryce Rope said that Australia and New Zealand were the two best rugby union teams in the world before the match.[1] Wallaby coach, Bob Dwyer, insisted that Australia was the only team in the world (at the time) that could beat New Zealand, saying several days before the match, "I honestly reckon we're about the only side in the world who can beat them."[5] The match was also David Campese's fourth match against the All Blacks.

1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)Bryce Rope[1]
Tour captain(s)Andy Dalton
Top point scorer(s)Allan Hewson (14 points)
Top try scorer(s)
Summary
P W D L
Total
01 01 00 00
Test match
01 01 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 Australia
1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour1981 Romania and France
Next tour1983 Great Britain

Match details
20 August 1983
AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 8–18 New Zealand
Try: Poidevin
Slack
Con: Campese (0/2)		ReportTry: Taylor
Con: Hewson (1/1)
Pen: Hewson (4)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 44,100[6]
Referee: Brian Anderson (Scotland)
FB15David Campese
RW14Peter Grigg
OC13Andrew Slack
IC12Mike Hawker
LW11Brendan Moon
FH10Mark Ella (c)
SH9Tony Parker
N88Duncan Hall Jr.
OF7Simon Poidevin
BF6Chris Roche
RL5Steve Williams
LL4David Hillhouse
TP3Stan Pilecki
HK2Bill Ross
LP1John Meadows
Coach:
Bob Dwyer
FB15Allan Hewson
RW14Stu Wilson
OC13Steve Pokere
IC12Warwick Taylor
LW11Bernie Fraser
FH10Ian Dunn
SH9Dave Loveridge
N88Murray Mexted
OF7Jock Hobbs
BF6Mark Shaw
RL5Andy Haden
LL4Graeme Higginson
TP3Gary Knight
HK2Andy Dalton (c)
LP1John Ashworth
Coach:
Bryce Rope

References
  1. Webster, Jim (19 August 1983). "Astonishing NZ Test plan". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 45, 440 (Late ed.). John Fairfax and Sons. p. 26. Bryce Rope, the NZ coach, rocked an attentive press audience before the All Blacks trained at St John's Oval, Sydney University, yesterday afternoon with his assessment of what he wanted from his team, however great it might be.
  2. "All Blacks Set To Take Test". The Canberra Times. Vol. 57, no. 17, 492. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 August 1983. p. 45. Retrieved 9 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Foster, Michael (21 August 1983). "All Blacks Too Strong". The Canberra Times. Vol. 57, no. 17, 493. Sydney, New South Wales. p. 17. Retrieved 9 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "New Zealand Tour of Australia, 1983 – ESPNscrum". en.espn.co.uk. ESPNscrum.
  5. Webster, Jim (17 August 1983). "Dwyer has total respect for All Blacks, but... 'We can win Test'". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 45, 438 (Late ed.). John Fairfax and Sons. p. 40.
  6. "Half Time For Action". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 21 August 1983. p. 83.
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