the british lions beat new zealand on april 1986.
the british lions beat new zealand on april 1986.
when did the british lions beat new zealand?
april 1986
outside the test series, the lions beat all their new zealand provincial opponents as well as the nz maori and nz juniors representative teams, losing only to the new zealand universities team four days before the first international – this was the first defeat for a lions team since the 1971 tourists lost the second test to the all blacks on the same christchurch ground and ended an unbeaten run of thirty-nine matches for the lions. it was during the junior all blacks game that the famous 'mudman' image of fran cotton, waiting for the ball at a line-out while caked head-to-toe in mud, was taken. captured by colorsport's colin elsey, it became one of the iconic images of rugby union, and in 2009 was named the 5th greatest sporting photo of all time.
1977 british lions tour to new zealand
1894 beat new south wales 9–5









































1896 beat queensland 49–7









































1901 beat new south wales 17–16









































1905 beat australia 23–7 (combined team with wairarapa and horowhenua









































1908 beat anglo-welsh 19–13









































1921 lost to south africa 3–8









































1921 beat new south wales 16–8









































1923 beat new south wales 29–16 (combined team with manawatu)









































1925 beat new south wales 20–8 (combined team with manawatu and horowhenua)









































1930 beat british lions 12–8









































1931 beat australia 15–8









































1937 lost to south africa 0–29









































1946 lost to australia 15–16









































1950 lost to british isles 6–12









































1956 lost to south africa 6–8
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