# 1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America

The 1963–64 New Zealand tour of Britain, Ireland and France was a rugby union tour undertaken by the New Zealand national rugby union team. The tour took in the five major Northern Hemisphere rugby nations of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France. The tour also took in matches against club opposition and invitational county teams, ending in Europe with an encounter with the Barbarians. The final two games of the tour were played in Canada.
The New Zealand team were nearly invincible on this tour, their only defeat coming at Newport. They played 36 matches in total, winning 34, losing one and drawing one. They won four of their five international matches, being prevented from completing a clean sweep by a 0–0 draw in the match against Scotland.

## Matches

    Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.
| | Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Score |
| Match 1 | 23 October | Oxford University | Iffley Road, Oxford | Won | 19–3 |
| Match 2 | 26 October | Southern Counties | Greyhound Stadium, Hove | Won | 32–3 |
| Match 3 | 30 October | Newport | Rodney Parade, Newport | Lost | 0–3 |
| Match 4 | 2 November | Neath and Aberavon | Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot | Won | 11–6 |
| Match 5 | 6 November | Abertillery and Ebbw Vale | Abertillery Ground, Abertillery | Won | 13–0 |
| Match 6 | 9 November | London Counties | Twickenham, London | Won | 27–0 |
| Match 7 | 13 November | Cambridge University | Grange Road, Cambridge | Won | 20–6 |
| Match 8 | 16 November | South of Scotland | Mansfield Park, Hawick | Won | 8–0 |
| Match 9 | 20 November | Glasgow - Edinburgh | Little Hughenden Park, Glasgow | Won | 33–3 |
| Match 10 | 23 November | Cardiff | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Won | 6–5 |
| Match 11 | 27 November | Pontypool and Cross Keys | Pontypool Park, Pontypool | Won | 11–0 |
| Match 12 | 30 November | South-Western Counties | County Ground, Exeter | Won | 38–6 |
| Match 13 | 3 December | Midland Counties | Coundon Road, Coventry | Won | 37–9 |
| Match 14 | 7 December | IRELAND | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | Won | 6–5 |
| Match 15 | 11 December | Munster | Thomond Park, Limerick | Won | 6–3 |
| Match 16 | 14 December | Swansea | St. Helen's, Swansea | Won | 16–9 |
| Match 17 | 17 December | Western Counties | Memorial Ground, Bristol | Won | 22–14 |
| Match 18 | 21 December | WALES | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Won | 6–0 |
| Match 19 | 26 December | Combined Services | Twickenham, London | Won | 23–9 |
| Match 20 | 28 December | Midland Counties | Welford Road, Leicester | Won | 14–6 |
| Match 21 | 31 December | Llanelli | Stradey Park, Llanelli | Won | 22–8 |
| Match 22 | 4 January | ENGLAND | Twickenham, London | Won | 14–0 |
| Match 23 | 8 January | North-Western Counties | White City Ground, Manchester | Won | 12–3 |
| Match 24 | 11 January | North-Eastern Counties | Yorkshire Agricultural Showgrounds, Harrogate | Won | 17–11 |
| Match 25 | 14 January | North of Scotland | Linksfield Stadium, Aberdeen | Won | 15–3 |
| Match 26 | 18 January | SCOTLAND | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | Drawn | 0–0 |
| Match 27 | 22 January | Leinster | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | Won | 11–8 |
| Match 28 | 25 January | Ulster | Ravenhill, Belfast | Won | 24–5 |
| Match 29 | 29 January | South-Eastern Counties | King's Park, Bournemouth | Won | 9–6 |
| Match 30 | 1 February | France B | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | Won | 17–8 |
| Match 31 | 5 February | South-West France | Stade Municipal, Bordeaux | Won | 23–0 |
| Match 32 | 8 February | FRANCE | Stade Colombes, Paris | Won | 12–3 |
| Match 33 | 12 February | South-East France | Stade Municipal, Lyon | Won | 8–5 |
| Match 34 | 15 February | Barbarians | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Won | 36–3 |
| Match 35 | 22 February | British Columbia Under-25 XV | Empire Stadium, Vancouver | Won | 6–3 |
| Match 36 | 24 February | British Columbia | Empire Stadium, Vancouver | Won | 39–3 |

## Touring party

* Manager: F. D. Kilby
* Assistant Manager: Neil McPhail
* Captain: Wilson Whineray

### Backs

* Don Clarke (Waikato)
* Malcolm Dick (Auckland)
* Ian MacRae (Hawke's Bay)
* Earle Kirton (Otago)
* Ralph Caulton (Wellington)
* Bill Davis (Hawke's Bay)
* Ian Smith (Otago)
* Paul Little (Auckland)
* Derek Arnold (Canterbury)
* Pat Walsh (Counties)
* Mack Herewini (Auckland)
* Bruce Watt (Canterbury)
* Kevin Briscoe (Taranaki)
* Chris Laidlaw (Otago)

### Forwards

* Wilson Whineray (Auckland)
* John Major (Taranaki)
* Jules Le Lievre (Canterbury)
* Allan Stewart (Canterbury)
* Ron Horsley (Manawatu)
* Kel Tremain (Hawke's Bay)
* Brian Lochore (Wairarapa)
* Keith Nelson (Otago)
* Colin Meads (King Country)
* Ken Gray (Wellington)
* Ian Clarke (Waikato)
* Dennis Young (Canterbury)
* Stanley Meads (King Country)
* Kevin Barry (Thames Valley)
* John Graham (Canterbury)
* Waka Nathan (Auckland)