The Original All Blacks
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 90 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5106-7617-4
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Original All Blacks (also known simply as "The Originals") were the first New Zealand national rugby union team to tour outside Australasia. They toured the British Isles, France and the United States of America during 1905–1906. Their opening game was against Devon on 16 September 1905 whom they defeated 55–4. Such was the surprise that some newspapers in Britain printed that Devon had scored 55 points and not the All Blacks. They went on to defeat every English side that they faced, including a 16–3 victory over English county champions Durham, and a 32–0 victory over Blackheath. They defeated Scotland, Ireland and England with the closest of the three matches their 12–7 victory over Scotland. The teams only loss of the tour was a 3–0 defeat to Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. The loss was highly controversial after the referee denied a try to All Blacks wing Bob Deans. They went on to defeat all their remaining Welsh opponents and to play...
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