1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand

In 1993 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. This was the last Lions tour in the sport's amateur era. The Lions were managed by Geoff Cooke, coached by Ian McGeechan and Dick Best, and captained by Gavin Hastings.

1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand
Date22 May – 3 July
Coach(es) Ian McGeechan
Tour captain(s) Gavin Hastings
Test series winners New Zealand (2–1)
Top test point scorer(s) Gavin Hastings (38)
1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand
Summary
P W D L
Total
13 07 00 06
Test match
03 01 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
 New Zealand
3 1 0 2

The Lions played a three-test series against New Zealand, and ten matches against provincial teams and the New Zealand Maori. They won six and lost four of those games. The Lions lost the first test match, but won the second to level the series, with New Zealand winning the third test and the series.

Squad

Backs
Name Club National team Notes
Rob AndrewWasps England
Stuart BarnesBath England
Will CarlingHarlequins England
Tony ClementSwansea Wales
Vince CunninghamSt Mary's College RFC IrelandReplacement for Scott Hastings
Ieuan EvansLlanelli Wales
Scott GibbsSwansea Wales
Jeremy GuscottBath England
Gavin Hastings (c)Watsonians Scotland
Scott HastingsWatsonians Scotland
Ian HunterNorthampton England
Robert JonesSwansea Wales
Dewi MorrisOrrell England
Andy NicolDundee HSFP ScotlandTemporary replacement for Robert Jones
Rory UnderwoodLeicester and RAF England
Tony UnderwoodLeicester England
Richard WallaceGarryowen IrelandReplacement for Ian Hunter

Forwards
Name Club National team Notes
Martin BayfieldNorthampton England
Paul BurnellLondon Scottish Scotland
Ben ClarkeBath England
Damian CroninLondon Scottish Scotland
Wade DooleyPreston Grasshoppers England
Mick GalweyShannon Ireland
Martin JohnsonLeicester EnglandReplacement for Wade Dooley
Jason LeonardHarlequins England
Kenny MilneHeriot's FP Scotland
Brian MooreHarlequins England
Nick PopplewellGreystones RFC Ireland
Andy ReedBath Scotland
Dean RichardsLeicester England
Mike TeagueGloucester RFC England
Richard WebsterSwansea Wales
Peter WinterbottomHarlequins England
Peter WrightBoroughmuir Scotland

Schedule
Date Opponent Location Result Score
22 May North Auckland Whangarei Won 17–30
26 May North Harbour Auckland Won 29–13
29 May New Zealand Māori Wellington Won 20–24
2 June Canterbury Lancaster Park, Christchurch Won 10–28
5 June Otago Dunedin Lost 37–24
8 June Southland Invercargill Won 16–34
12 June New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Lost 20–18
16 June Taranaki New Plymouth Won 25–49
19 June Auckland Auckland Lost 23–18
22 June Hawke's Bay McLean Park, Napier Lost 29–17
26 June New Zealand Athletic Park, Wellington Won 7–20
29 June Waikato Hamilton Lost 38–10
3 July New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Lost 30–13
Played Won Drawn Lost
13 7 0 6

Test series

First test

The first test was won by New Zealand.[1]

12 June 1993
New Zealand  20–18 British Lions
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Referee: Brian Kinsey (Australia)

Second test

The Lions won the second Test, with a particularly strong performance by Ben Clarke.[1]

26 June 1993
New Zealand  7–20 British Lions
Try: Clarke c
Con: Fox
 Report Try: R. Underwood m
Pen: G. Hastings (4)
Drop: Andrew
Athletic Park, Wellington
Attendance: 39,000
FB15John Timu
RW14John Kirwan
OC13Frank Bunce
IC12Eroni Clarke
LW11Va'aiga Tuigamala
FH10Grant Fox
SH9Jon Preston
N88Zinzan Brooke
OF7Michael Jones
BF6Jamie Joseph
RL5Mark Cooksley
LL4Robin Brooke
TP3Olo Brown
HK2Sean Fitzpatrick (c)
LP1Craig Dowd
Coach:
Laurie Mains
FB15 Gavin Hastings (c)
RW14 Ieuan Evans
OC13 Scott Gibbs
IC12 Jeremy Guscott
LW11 Rory Underwood
FH10 Rob Andrew
SH9 Dewi Morris
N88 Dean Richards
OF7 Peter Winterbottom
BF6 Ben Clarke
RL5 Martin Bayfield
LL4 Martin Johnson
TP3 Jason Leonard
HK2 Brian Moore
LP1 Nick Popplewell
Coach:
Ian McGeechan

Third test

Thus the series came down to the third Test decider at Eden Park. The Lions took a 10–0 lead, but New Zealand, helped by strong local support, recovered to easily win 30–13.[2]

3 July 1993
New Zealand  30–13 British Lions
Try: Bunce 27' c
Fitzpatrick 31' c
Preston 66' c
Con: Fox (3)
Pen: Fox (3) 43', 57', 73'
 Report Try: Gibbs 23' c
Con: G. Hastings
Pen: G. Hastings (2) 18', 51'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Patrick Robin (France)
FB15John Timu
RW14John Kirwan
OC13Frank Bunce
IC12Lee Stensness
LW11Va'aiga Tuigamala
FH10Grant Fox
SH9Jon Preston
N88Arran Pene
OF7Michael Jones
BF6Jamie Joseph
RL5Ian Jones
LL4Robin Brooke
TP3Olo Brown
HK2Sean Fitzpatrick (c)
LP1Craig Dowd
Replacements:
LK16Mark Cooksley
N817Zinzan Brooke
CE18Matthew Cooper
SH19Ant Strachan
HK20Graham Dowd
PR21Bull Allen
Coach:
Laurie Mains
FB15 Gavin Hastings (c)
RW14 Ieuan Evans
OC13 Scott Gibbs
IC12 Jeremy Guscott
LW11 Rory Underwood
FH10 Rob Andrew
SH9 Dewi Morris
N88 Dean Richards
OF7 Peter Winterbottom
BF6 Ben Clarke
RL5 Martin Bayfield
LL4 Martin Johnson
TP3 Jason Leonard
HK2 Brian Moore
LP1 Nick Popplewell
Replacements:
FB16 Tony Clement
CE17 Will Carling
SH18 Robert Jones
PR19 Paul Burnell
HK20 Kenny Milne
FL21 Mike Teague
Coach:
Ian McGeechan

References
  1. "Brendan Gallagher remembers the 1993 Lions tour". 6 April 2017.
  2. "On this day: Brave 1993 Lions go down in decisive Auckland Test". 2 July 2016.
  • Jones, Stephen, ed. (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
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