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]
2016 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand | |||||
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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 | Wales |
14 June, 18:35 NZST (UTC+12) | FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton | Chiefs | 40–7 | Wales |
18 June, 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | New Zealand | 36–22 | Wales |
25 June, 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | New Zealand | 46–6 | Wales |
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
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Scott Baldwin ‡ | Hooker | 12 July 1988 (aged 27) | 21 | Ospreys |
Kristian Dacey | Hooker | 25 July 1989 (aged 26) | 3 | Cardiff Blues |
Ken Owens | Hooker | 3 January 1987 (aged 29) | 39 | Scarlets |
Rob Evans | Prop | 14 April 1992 (aged 24) | 9 | Scarlets |
Tomas Francis | Prop | 27 April 1992 (aged 24) | 11 | Exeter Chiefs |
Paul James | Prop | 13 May 1982 (aged 34) | 66 | Ospreys |
Aaron Jarvis | Prop | 20 May 1986 (aged 30) | 17 | Ospreys |
Gethin Jenkins | Prop | 17 November 1980 (aged 35) | 124 | Cardiff Blues |
Rhodri Jones ‡ | Prop | 23 December 1991 (aged 24) | 14 | Scarlets |
Samson Lee ‡ | Prop | 30 November 1992 (aged 23) | 23 | Scarlets |
Jake Ball ‡ | Lock | 21 June 1991 (aged 24) | 18 | Scarlets |
Luke Charteris | Lock | 9 March 1983 (aged 33) | 66 | Racing 92 |
Bradley Davies | Lock | 9 January 1987 (aged 29) | 54 | Wasps |
Alun Wyn Jones ‡ | Lock | 19 September 1985 (aged 30) | 99 | Ospreys |
Ellis Jenkins | Flanker | 29 April 1993 (aged 23) | 0 | Cardiff Blues |
James King ‡ | Flanker | 24 July 1990 (aged 25) | 8 | Ospreys |
Dan Lydiate ‡ | Flanker | 18 December 1987 (aged 28) | 57 | Ospreys |
Ross Moriarty | Flanker | 18 April 1994 (aged 22) | 6 | Gloucester |
Josh Turnbull | Flanker | 12 March 1988 (aged 28) | 8 | Cardiff Blues |
Sam Warburton (c) ‡ | Flanker | 5 October 1988 (aged 27) | 64 | Cardiff Blues |
Taulupe Faletau | Number 8 | 12 November 1990 (aged 25) | 58 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
Aled Davies | Scrum-half | 19 July 1992 (aged 23) | 0 | Scarlets |
Gareth Davies | Scrum-half | 18 August 1990 (aged 25) | 14 | Scarlets |
Rhys Webb ‡ | Scrum-half | 9 December 1988 (aged 27) | 19 | Ospreys |
Lloyd Williams | Scrum-half | 30 November 1989 (aged 26) | 27 | Cardiff Blues |
Gareth Anscombe ‡ | Fly-half | 10 May 1991 (aged 25) | 7 | Cardiff Blues |
Dan Biggar ‡ | Fly-half | 16 October 1989 (aged 26) | 45 | Ospreys |
Rhys Patchell | Fly-half | 17 May 1993 (aged 23) | 2 | Cardiff Blues |
Rhys Priestland | Fly-half | 9 January 1987 (aged 29) | 46 | Bath |
Jonathan Davies | Centre | 5 April 1988 (aged 28) | 53 | Clermont |
Tyler Morgan ‡ | Centre | 11 September 1995 (aged 20) | 3 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
Jamie Roberts | Centre | 8 November 1986 (aged 29) | 80 | Harlequins |
Scott Williams ‡ | Centre | 10 October 1990 (aged 25) | 35 | Scarlets |
Hallam Amos | Wing | 24 September 1994 (aged 21) | 7 | Newport Gwent Dragons |
Keelan Giles | Wing | 29 January 1998 (aged 18) | 0 | Ospreys |
Tom James | Wing | 17 April 1987 (aged 29) | 12 | Cardiff Blues |
George North | Wing | 13 April 1992 (aged 24) | 61 | Northampton Saints |
Eli Walker | Wing | 28 March 1992 (aged 24) | 1 | Ospreys |
Matthew Morgan | Fullback | 23 April 1992 (aged 24) | 5 | Bristol |
Liam Williams | Fullback | 9 April 1991 (aged 25) | 32 | Scarlets |
‡ – Denotes dual contracted players.[8]
New Zealand
New 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:
- Head coach: Steve Hansen
- Attack coach: Ian Foster
- Forwards coach: Mike Cron
- Defence coach: Wayne Smith
Matches
Old Mutual Wealth Cup
29 May 2016 15:00 BST (UTC+01) |
England | 27–13 | Wales |
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Try: Burrell 19' m Watson 32' m Youngs 43' m Clifford 46' c Yarde 60' m Con: Ford (1/5) 47' |
Report[11] | Try: Evans 5' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 6' Pen: Biggar (2/2) 13', 27' |
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Notes:
- Ollie Devoto, Ellis Genge, Teimana Harrison and Tommy Taylor (all England) made their international debuts.
First Test
11 June 2016 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand | 39–21 | Wales |
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Try: Savea 15' m Naholo (2) 18' c, 62' c Read 68' c Harris 80' c Con: Cruden (4/5) 19', 63', 69', 80' Pen: Cruden (2/4) 5', 48' |
Report[13] | Try: Faletau 9' m Webb 31' c Con: Biggar (1/2) 32' Pen: Biggar (3/4) 21', 26', 53' |
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- Alun Wyn Jones became the fifth Welsh player to earn their 100th cap.
- Ardie Savea and Seta Tamanivalu (both New Zealand) and Ellis Jenkins (Wales) made their international debuts.
- There was no replacement issued for George North when he was taken off injured at the end of the game, Wales played with 14 players.
Chiefs
14 June 2016 18:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
Chiefs | 40–7 | Wales |
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Try: Weber 7' c Sanders 31' c Bird 37' c Lowe 66' c Pulu 74' m McNicol 77' c Con: Donald (4/4) 7', 32', 39', 67' Lowe (1/2) 78' |
Report[15] | Try: Dacey 55' c Con: Priestland (1/1) 56' |
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- Ellis Jenkins was named to start, but was withdrawn from the team after failing to recover from injury and was replaced with Sam Warburton.
- Bench players Gareth Anscombe and Ross Moriarty was pulled out of the team moments before kick-off due to injury and replaced with Taulupe Faletau and Jamie Roberts.
Second Test
18 June 2016 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand | 36–22 | Wales |
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Try: Dagg 20' c B. Smith 51' c Barrett 55' c Naholo 60' m Savea 65' c Con: Cruden (1/1) 22' Barrett (3/4) 52', 55', 66' Pen: Cruden (1/1) 30' |
Report[17] | Try: Jones 40' c L. Williams 73' c J. Davies 76' m Con: Biggar (2/2) 40', 74' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 17' |
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- Israel Dagg and Ben Smith (New Zealand) earned their 50th test cap.
Third Test
25 June 2016 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand | 46–6 | Wales |
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Try: B. Smith 23' m Moala 34' c Barrett (2) 44' c, 56' c Coles 62' c Dagg 80' c Con: Barrett (5/6) 35', 45', 58', 63', 80' Pen: Barrett (2/2) 16', 27' |
Report[18] | Pen: Biggar (2/2) 6', 18' |
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- Elliot Dixon, Liam Squire and Ofa Tu'ungafasi (all New Zealand) made their international debuts.
- Brodie Retallick and Aaron Smith (both New Zealand) earned their 50th test cap.
Statistics
Wales statistics
Name | Non-Test | Test | Overall | Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Played | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | Played | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | Played | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | |||||||
Dan Biggar | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 | – | |||||
Taulupe Faletau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
Jonathan Davies | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
Alun Wyn Jones | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
Rhys Webb | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
Liam Williams | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
Kristian Dacey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | |||||
Rhys Priestland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | |||||
Scott Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Gareth Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Rob Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Tomas Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Jamie Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Sam Warburton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Scott Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Hallam Amos | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Jake Ball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Luke Charteris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Bradley Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Ellis Jenkins | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Samson Lee | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Ross Moriarty | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Ken Owens | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Rhys Patchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Aaron Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Gethin Jenkins | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Gareth Anscombe | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Aled Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Tom James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Rhodri Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
James King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Matthew Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Tyler Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
George North | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Josh Turnbull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Eli Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||
Keelan Giles | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||||
Paul James | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||||
Dan Lydiate | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||||
Lloyd Williams | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
Test series statistics
Name | Team | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts |
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Beauden Barrett | New Zealand | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 37 |
Dan Biggar | Wales | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
Aaron Cruden | New Zealand | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
Waisake Naholo | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Israel Dagg | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Ben Smith | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Dane Coles | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Jonathan Davies | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Alun Wyn Jones | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Taulupe Faletau | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Nathan Harris | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
George Moala | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Kieran Read | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Ardie Savea | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Julian Savea | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Rhys Webb | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Liam Williams | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
See also
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