1980 New Zealand rugby union tour of North America and Wales

• Brett Codlin (Counties)
• Doug Rollerson (Manawatu)

• Bernie Fraser (Wellington)
• Bruce Robertson (Counties)
• Stu Wilson (Wellington)
• Fred Woodman (North Auckland)

• Nicky Allen (Counties)
• Bill Osborne (Wanganui)
• Murray Taylor (Waikato)

• Mark Donaldson (Manawatu)
• Dave Loveridge (Taranaki)

• John Ashworth (Canterbury)
• Andy Dalton (Counties)
• Andy Haden (Auckland)
• Graeme Higginson (Canterbury)
• Geoff Hines (Waikato)
• Rod Ketels (Counties)
• Gary Knight (Manawatu)
• Murray Mexted (Wellington)
• Graham Mourie (Taranaki)
• Geoff Old (Manawatu)
• Frank Oliver (Manawatu)
• Hika Reid (Bay of Plenty)
• Mark Shaw (Manawatu)
• John Spiers (Counties)

21 October

Llanelli RFC	10–16	New Zealand
Try Jones Pen:Bennett Drop: Gravelle		Try: Rollerson Robertson Con: Rollerson Pen: Rollerson Drop:Taylor

Stradey Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

Like the game played three days earlier against Cardiff, Llanelli proved tough opposition for the touring New Zealand side. Of the seven games played during the tour this was the closest in score, with only a six-point margin and at half time Llanelli were actually 10–3 ahead.

This match is often remembered for a controversial refereeing decision by Scottish referee Alan Hosie. Towards the end of the game, with the match still in the balance, Hosie appeared to send off the All Black lock, Graeme Higginson, only for a group of Llanelli players, led by Phil Bennett to challenge the referee over the action. Higginson was allowed to stay on the field with Hosie stating later that there was no sending off, and he had only giving Higginson a warning.

1 November

Wales	3–23	New Zealand
Pen: Fenwick		Try: Mourie Allen Fraser Reid Con: Rollerson (2) Pen: Rollerson

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 55,000 Referee: J.R. West (Ireland)

The All Blacks returned to the Cardiff Arms Park in the final game of the tour and quickly showed a dominance of the game that would continue until the final whistle. The fact that roughly 85% of the match was played in the Welsh half of the field correlates with the final score and the four tries from New Zealand that were without a Welsh reply. The defeat would have been far heavier, but Rollerson managed to convert only three of nine attempts at goal.

From this match only three Welsh players emerged with any credit. Full back J.P.R. Williams, scrum half Terry Holmes and on the wing 19-year-old Robert Ackerman, whose excellent covering play of Stu Wilson earned him a standing ovation when he left the field with an injury before the final whistle.[4]