2016 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 2016 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand was a rugby union tour of New Zealand by the Wales national team in June 2016. The tour saw the Welsh side play four matches: three test matches against New Zealand and one match against the Chiefs of Super Rugby.[1][2]
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Coach(es) | Warren Gatland | ||||
Tour captain(s) | Sam Warburton | ||||
Top point scorer(s) | Beauden Barrett (37) | ||||
Top try scorer(s) | Beauden Barrett (3) | ||||
Top test point scorer(s) | Beauden Barrett (37) | ||||
Top test try scorer(s) | Beauden Barrett/Waisake Naholo (3) | ||||
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Previous tour | South Africa 2014 | ||||
Next tour | Pacific Islands 2017 [1] |
In the history of matches between these two sides until this three-match test series, New Zealand has won 90% (27 matches) of encounters between them, with Wales' 10% (3 matches) all having occurred before 1954.
Fixtures
Date and time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
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11 June, 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 39–21 | |
14 June, 18:35 NZST (UTC+12) | FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton | Chiefs | 40–7 | |
18 June, 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | New Zealand | 36–22 | |
25 June, 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | New Zealand | 46–6 |
Squads
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.
Wales
On 10 May, Warren Gatland named a 35-man squad for their June 3-test series against New Zealand, pre-tour test against England and the mid week match against the Chiefs.[3]
On 29 May, after injury to Dan Lydiate in the England warm-up match, Ellis Jenkins was called up to the squad to replace Lydiate.[4]
On 7 June, Aaron Jarvis was called up to the squad as injury cover for Paul James.[5] Jarvis later became a permanent replacement after James failed to recover from his injury.
On 11 June, Aled Davies joined the squad as an injury replacement for Lloyd Williams.[6]
Following the first test, Keelan Giles and Rhys Patchell were called up to the squad as injury cover.[7]
Coaching team:
- Head coach:
Warren Gatland - Backs/Attack coach:
Rob Howley - Forwards coach:
Robin McBryde - Defence coach:
Shaun Edwards
‡ – Denotes dual contracted players.[8] New ZealandNew Zealand's 32-man squad for the 2016 June international test series against Wales.[9] Tom Franklin and TJ Perenara are also included as temporary injury cover for Sam Whitelock and Tawera Kerr-Barlow. On 31 May 2016, George Moala was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Charlie Ngatai.[10] Coaching team:
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