1949 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour of Australia

The 1949 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour was a collection of rugby union games undertaken by the New Zealand Māori against invitational and national teams of Australia.

The Maoris plays 11 match, winning 9 of them and losing only one (1 tied).

Three test matches against Australia were played. The victory in the first match against the "Wallabies" was clamorous and the Australian coach Johnny Wallace was fired. The new coach was Bill McLean, historical captain of the 1947-48 tour in Europe. For the first time, the Australian team was directed by a coach from Queensland and not from New South Wales.^[1]

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The matches

Scores and results list NZ Maoris' points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Southern States	35	8	21/5/1949	Melbourne	Tour Match
A.C.T.	47	3	24/5/1949	Canberra	Tour Match
New South Wales	19	14	28/5/1949	Sydney	Tour Match
Newcastle	17	0	1/6/1949	Newcastle	Tour Match
Australia	12	3	4/6/1949	Sydney, Cricket Ground	Test Match
New England RU	42	10	8/6/1949	Armidale	Tour Match
Australia	8	8	11/6/1949	Brisbane, Exhibition Ground	Test Match
Queensland	13	8	14/6/1949	Exhibition Ground	Tour Match
New South Wales	11	9	18/6/1949	Newcastle	Tour Match
Central West	51	5	22/6/1949	Orange	Tour Match
Australia	3	18	25/6/1949	Sydney, Cricket Ground	Test Match

Notes and references

^ 'The Sydney Morning Herald ': "Union Coach Change", 8 June 1949

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World Cup finals	1987 1995 2011 2015 2023
By opponent	Argentina Australia Barbarians British & Irish Lions England France Ireland Italy Japan Munster Scotland South Africa Wales
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
North and South America	1906 1913 1925 1936 1953–54 1964 1967 1972 1976 1980 1985 1989 1991 2001 2006
Māori All Blacks tours	1888–89 1926–27 1949 1982 2012 2013 2014

See also

v t e Rugby union tours of Australia
British & Irish Lions	1888 1899 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1989 2001 2013 2025
New Zealand	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
New Zealand Māori	1888–89 1922 1923 1926–27 1936 1949
South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1971 1993
Argentina	1983 1986 1995 2000
England	1963 1975 1988 1991 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010 2016 2022
France	1961 1968 1972 1981 1986 1990 1997 2002 2005 2008 2014 2021
Ireland	1967 1979 1994 1999 2003 2006 2008 2010 2018 2020
Italy	1981 1986 1994 2005
Scotland	1982 1992 1998 2004 2012 2017
Wales	1969 1978 1991 1996 2003 2007 2012
Fiji	1952 1954 1961 1976 1984 1985 1989
Samoa	1994 2005
Tonga	1973 1993
Pacific Islanders	2004
Canada	1985 1996
United States	1990 1999
Asian teams	1975 1987