# 2006 New Zealand rugby union tour

The 2006 New Zealand rugby union tour of Argentina and Europe was a series of matches played in June 2006 in Argentina and in November in England France and Wales by New Zealand national rugby union team, that won all five match

## In Argentina

One match played in June in Argentina: the All Blacks came from behind at half-time to defeat Argentina at José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires. The All Blacks had just completed a two to nil test series win over Ireland, and Argentina had were also coming off a two test series win, over Wales. 15 of New Zealand's 25 points came from Daniel Carter.
Argentina moved to an early lead with Federico Todeschini kicking a penalty goal after five minutes of play. The scores were levelled by Daniel Carter in the 9th minute with a penalty goal for New Zealand. Full-back Leon MacDonald scored the first try of the match to put the All Blacks in front. A successful penalty goal by Todeschini in the 18th minute narrowed the All Blacks' lead. Argentina moved in front with a try to Martín Durand in the 20th minute, with Todeschini adding the conversion. Argentina's lead was extended with another successful penalty goal by Todeschini in the 29th minute. The All Blacks were able to fight back in the remaining ten minutes of the first half, with a try to Carter in the 30th minute, which he also converted. Argentina entered half-time, leading 16 to 15.
The All Blacks picked up where they left off in the latter stages of the first half, with a try to Scott Hamilton eight minutes into the second half, which was converted by Carter. Todeschini was successful with penalty goal in the 52nd minute, as was Carter for the All Blacks five minutes later. Two yellow cards were given out during the last fifteen minutes of the game with José María Núñez Piossek of Argentina getting the first, and All Blacks' try scorer McDonald getting one a few minutes later. The score remained 25 to 19 through to the end of the match to see the All Blacks hold onto the win.

### Match details

* 24 June 2006 20:40 ART (UTC-03)
| Argentina | 19–25 | New Zealand |
| Try: Durand Con: Todeschini Pen: Todeschini (4) | | Try: Carter MacDonald Hamilton Con: Carter (2) Pen: Carter (2) |
* José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Team details :
| Argentina | New Zealand |
| Argentina | | New Zealand |
| Juan Martín Hernández | FB | 15 | FB | Leon MacDonald |
| José María Núñez Piossek | W | 14 | W | Rico Gear |
| Gonzalo Tiesi | C | 13 | C | Isaia Toeava |
| Felipe Contepomi | C | 12 | C | Sam Tuitupou |
| Federico Martín Aramburú | W | 11 | W | Scott Hamilton |
| Federico Todeschini | FH | 10 | FH | Dan Carter |
| (c) Agustín Pichot | SH | 9 | SH | Piri Weepu |
| Gonzalo Longo | N8 | 8 | N8 | Mose Tuiali'i |
| Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe | F | 7 | F | Chris Masoe |
| Martín Durand | F | 6 | F | Jerry Collins (c) |
| Rimas Álvarez Kairelis | L | 5 | L | Ali Williams |
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | L | 4 | L | Jason Eaton |
| Omar Hasan | P | 3 | P | Greg Somerville |
| Mario Ledesma | H | 2 | H | Anton Oliver |
| Rodrigo Roncero | P | 1 | P | Tony Woodcock |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Pablo Gambarini | | 16 | H | Andrew Hore |
| Martín Scelzo | P | 17 | P | Neemia Tialata |
| Martín Schusterman | | 18 | | Troy Flavell |
| Juan Manuel Leguizamón | BR | 19 | | Craig Newby |
| Nicolás Fernández Miranda | | 20 | | Jimmy Cowan |
| Lucas Borges | | 21 | | Luke McAlister |
| Federico Serra Miras | | 22 | | Ma'a Nonu |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Marcelo Loffreda | | | | Graham Henry |

## In Europe
### First test: England

After the victory in the 2006 Tri Nations, the All Blacks unbeaten in 2006, came in Europe to play four tests, with England, France (twice) and Wales.
* 5 November 2006 15:30 GMT
| England | 20–41 | New Zealand |
| Try: Noon Cohen Perry Con: Hodgson Pen: Hodgson | Report | Try: Mauger Rokocoko Hayman Carter Con: Carter (3) Pen: Carter (5) |
* Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 82,076 Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
Team details :
| England | New Zealand |
| Iain Balshaw | FB | 15 | FB | Mils Muliaina |
| Paul Sackey | W | 14 | W | Rico Gear 70' |
| Jamie Noon | C | 13 | C | Ma'a Nonu |
| Anthony Allen | C | 12 | C | Aaron Mauger |
| Ben Cohen | W | 11 | W | Joe Rokocoko |
| Charlie Hodgson | FH | 10 | FH | Dan Carter |
| 65' Shaun Perry | SH | 9 | SH | Byron Kelleher 68' |
| Pat Sanderson | N8 | 8 | N8 | Chris Masoe 64' to 74' |
| Lewis Moody | F | 7 | F | Richie McCaw (c) |
| Martin Corry (c) | F | 6 | F | Reuben Thorne 72' |
| Ben Kay | L | 5 | L | Keith Robinson |
| Danny Grewcock | L | 4 | L | Chris Jack |
| Julian White | P | 3 | P | Carl Hayman 75' |
| 76' George Chuter | H | 2 | H | Keven Mealamu 75' |
| 60' Andrew Sheridan | P | 1 | P | Tony Woodcock 72' |
| | | Replacements | | |
| 76' Lee Mears | H | 16 | H | Andrew Hore 75' |
| Stuart Turner | | 17 | P | John Afoa 75' |
| Chris Jones | | 18 | P | Clarke Dermody 72' |
| 60' Magnus Lund | N8 | 19 | F | Rodney So'oialo 72' |
| 65' Peter Richards | SH | 20 | SH | Andy Ellis 68' |
| Andy Goode | | 21 | | Leon MacDonald |
| Mark van Gisbergen | | 22 | W | Sitiveni Sivivatu 70' |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Andy Robinson | | | | Graham Henry |

### Second test: France

* 11 November 2006 21:00 CET
| France | 3–47 | New Zealand |
| Drop: Fritz | Report | Try: Sivivatu (2) McCaw Carter Smith Rokocoko McAlister Con: Carter (3) Pen: Carter (2) |
* Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 42,393 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Team details :
| France | New Zealand |
| France | | New Zealand |
| Julien Laharrague | FB | 15 | FB | Leon MacDonald 74' |
| Aurélien Rougerie | W | 14 | W | Joe Rokocoko |
| 70' Florian Fritz | C | 13 | C | Conrad Smith |
| Yannick Jauzion | C | 12 | C | Luke McAlister |
| Christophe Dominici | W | 11 | W | Sitiveni Sivivatu |
| Damien Traille | FH | 10 | FH | Dan Carter 60' |
| 78' Dimitri Yachvili | SH | 9 | SH | Piri Weepu 55' |
| Elvis Vermeulen | N8 | 8 | N8 | Rodney So'oialo |
| Julien Bonnaire | F | 7 | F | Richie McCaw (c) 57' |
| 64' Thierry Dusautoir | F | 6 | F | Jerry Collins |
| Pascal Papé | L | 5 | L | Ali Williams |
| 51' (c) Fabien Pelous | L | 4 | L | James Ryan |
| Pieter de Villiers | P | 3 | P | Carl Hayman |
| 45' Dimitri Szarzewski | H | 2 | H | Anton Oliver 49' |
| 45' Sylvain Marconnet | P | 1 | P | Tony Woodcock 67' |
| | | Replacements | | |
| 45' Raphaël Ibañez | H | 16 | H | Keven Mealamu 49' |
| 45' Olivier Milloud | P | 17 | P | Neemia Tialata 67' |
| 51' Lionel Nallet | L | 18 | F | Jason Eaton 57' |
| 64' Rémy Martin | BR | 19 | | Chris Masoe |
| 78' Jean-Baptiste Élissalde | SH | 20 | SH | Byron Kelleher 56' |
| 70' David Marty | C | 21 | FH | Ma'a Nonu 60' |
| Cédric Heymans | | 22 | UB | Mils Muliaina 74' |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Bernard Laporte | | | | Graham Henry |

### Third Test: France

* 18 November 2006 21:00 CET
| France | 11–23 | New Zealand |
| Try: Heymans Pen: Yachvili (2) | Report | Try: Rokocoko Nonu Con: Carter (2) Pen: Carter (3) |
* Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Chris White (England)
Team details :
| France | New Zealand |
| Pepito Elhorga | FB | 15 | FB | Leon MacDonald |
| Aurélien Rougerie | W | 14 | W | Joe Rokocoko |
| Florian Fritz | C | 13 | C | Mils Muliaina |
| Yannick Jauzion | C | 12 | C | Ma'a Nonu |
| Cédric Heymans | W | 11 | W | Sitiveni Sivivatu |
| Damien Traille | FH | 10 | FH | Dan Carter |
| Jean-Baptiste Élissalde | SH | 9 | SH | Byron Kelleher |
| Elvis Vermeulen | N8 | 8 | N8 | Rodney So'oialo |
| Rémy Martin | F | 7 | F | Richie McCaw (capt.) |
| Julien Bonnaire | F | 6 | F | Jerry Collins |
| Pascal Papé | L | 5 | L | Ali Williams |
| Lionel Nallet | L | 4 | L | Chris Jack |
| Pieter de Villiers | P | 3 | P | Carl Hayman |
| Raphaël Ibañez | H | 2 | H | Keven Mealamu |
| Olivier Milloud | P | 1 | P | Tony Woodcock |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Dimitri Szarzewski | H | 16 | H | Andrew Hore |
| Sylvain Marconnet | P | 17 | P | Neemia Tialata |
| Loic Jacquet | L | 18 | L | Jason Eaton |
| Serge Betsen | F | 19 | N8 | Chris Masoe |
| Dimitri Yachvili | SH | 20 | SH | Andy Ellis |
| David Marty | | 21 | FH | Nick Evans |
| Christophe Dominici | FB | 22 | | Luke McAlister |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Bernard Laporte | | | | Graham Henry |

### Fourth test: Wales

* 25 November 2006 17:00 GMT
| Wales | 10–45 | New Zealand |
| Try: M. Williams Con: Hook Pen: S. Jones | | Try: McAllister Sivivatu (3) Penalty try Con: Carter (2) N. Evans (2) Pen: Carter (4) |
* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Team details :
* New Zealand
| Wales | | New Zealand |
| Kevin Morgan | FB | 15 | FB | Mils Muliaina |
| Mark Jones | W | 14 | W | Rico Gear |
| Tom Shanklin | C | 13 | C | Conrad Smith |
| Sonny Parker | C | 12 | C | Luke McAlister |
| Shane Williams | W | 11 | W | Sitiveni Sivivatu |
| Stephen Jones | FH | 10 | FH | Dan Carter |
| Dwayne Peel | SH | 9 | SH | Byron Kelleher |
| Ryan Jones | N8 | 8 | N8 | Rodney So'oialo |
| Martyn Williams | F | 7 | F | Richie McCaw (capt.) |
| Jonathan Thomas | F | 6 | F | Jerry Collins |
| Ian Evans | L | 5 | L | Ali Williams |
| Ian Gough | L | 4 | L | Keith Robinson |
| Adam Jones | P | 3 | P | Carl Hayman |
| T. Rhys Thomas | H | 2 | H | Anton Oliver |
| Duncan Jones | P | 1 | P | Neemia Tialata |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Matthew Rees | H | 16 | H | Andrew Hore |
| Gethin Jenkins | P | 17 | P | Tony Woodcock |
| Alun Wyn Jones | L | 18 | L | James Ryan |
| Alix Popham | BR | 19 | N8 | Reuben Thorne |
| Mike Phillips | SH | 20 | SH | Piri Weepu |
| James Hook | FH | 21 | FH | Nick Evans |
| Gavin Henson | UB | 22 | W | Ma'a Nonu |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Gareth Jenkins | | | | Graham Henry |