1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand


In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against but lost all four internationals against the All Blacks.
Overall the tourists played thirty-five matches, winning twenty-three, losing nine and drawing three. In Australia the Lions played eight matches, winning seven and drawing the other. In New Zealand they played twenty-five matches, winning fifteen, drawing two and losing eight – in addition to their four test defeats they also lost to Southland, Otago, Wellington and Wanganui-King Country. They also played two matches in Canada, winning one and losing one.
The touring party was captained by Mike Campbell-Lamerton. The manager was Des O'Brien and for the first time a Lions touring team had a coach, John Robins, rather than an assistant manager.

Squad

Management

Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in Australia and New Zealand:
Test matches
#DateRivalScoreCityCountry
17 MayWestern Australia RU60–3Western AustraliaAustralia
211 MaySouth Australia RU38–11Australia
314 MayVictoria RU24–14VictoriaAustralia
418 MayCombined Country6–3Australia
521 MayNSW Waratahs6–6New South WalesAustralia
628 May11–8SydneyAustralia
731 MayQueensland Reds26–3QueenslandAustralia
84 Jun31–0BrisbaneAustralia
911 JunSouthland8–14SouthlandNew Zealand
1015 JunSouth Canterbury, North Otago & Mid Canterbury Combined20–12New Zealand
1118 JunOtago9–17OtagoNew Zealand
1222 JunNew Zealand Universities24–11New Zealand
1325 JunWellington RU6–20WellingtonNew Zealand
1429 JunMarlborough, Nelson, Golden Bay & Motueka Combined22–14New Zealand
152 JulTaranaki RU12–9TaranakiNew Zealand
166 JulBay of Plenty RU6–6Bay of PlentyNew Zealand
179 JulNorth Auckland6–3NorthlandNew Zealand
1816 Jul3–20DunedinNew Zealand
1920 JulWest Coast / Buller Combined25–6New Zealand
2023 JulCanterbury8–6CanterburyNew Zealand
2127 JulManawatu / Horowhenua Combined17–8New Zealand
2230 JulAuckland RU12–6AucklandNew Zealand
232 AugWairarapa / Bush Combined9–6New Zealand
246 Aug12–16WellingtonNew Zealand
2510 AugWanganui / King Country Combined6–12New Zealand
2613 AugNew Zealand Māoris16–14New Zealand
2717 AugEast Coast / Poverty Bay Combined9–6New Zealand
2820 AugHawke's Bay11–11NapierNew Zealand
2927 Aug6–19ChristchurchNew Zealand
3031 AugNew Zealand Juniors9–3New Zealand
313 SepWaikato RU20–9WaikatoNew Zealand
326 SepThames Valley / Counties Combined13–9New Zealand
3310 Sep11–24AucklandNew Zealand
3414 SepBritish Columbia RU3–8British ColumbiaCanada
3517 Oct19–8Canada