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Between October 1966 and March 1967 the Australia national rugby union team – the Wallabies – conducted a world tour on which they played five Tests and thirty-one minor tour matches. Under the captaincy of John Thornett they toured UK, Ireland, France and Canada winning nineteen matches, losing fourteen and drawing three. At one stage they failed to win in four successive matches although in the Test match against England they gave the home side its heaviest defeat in 16 years. The tour marked the climax of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding abilities of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the mo

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  • Tour der australischen Rugby-Union-Nationalmannschaft nach Europa und Kanada 1966/67 (de)
  • 1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France (en)
  • Tour della Nazionale di rugby a 15 dell'Australia 1966-1967 (it)
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  • Die Tour der australischen Rugby-Union-Nationalmannschaft nach Europa und Nordamerika 1966/67 umfasste eine Reihe von Freundschaftsspielen der Wallabies, der Nationalmannschaft Australiens in der Sportart Rugby Union. Das Team reiste von Oktober 1966 bis Februar 1967 durch Frankreich, Großbritannien, Irland und Kanada. Während dieser Zeit bestritt es 36 Spiele, darunter fünf Test Matches gegen europäische Nationalmannschaften. Die Bilanz dieser Tour war durchzogen: Die Wallabies verloren drei der fünf Test Matches sowie zwölf der übrigen Spiele gegen regionale Auswahlteams und Vereine. (de)
  • Alla fine del 1966, la nazionale australiana di rugby a XV, si reca in Europa per un Tour, che dovrebbe essere il riscatto della disastrosa spedizione del 1957-58, ma lo sarà solo parzialmente con 2 vittorie e 3 sconfitte contro le nazionali del "Cinque Nazioni". (it)
  • Between October 1966 and March 1967 the Australia national rugby union team – the Wallabies – conducted a world tour on which they played five Tests and thirty-one minor tour matches. Under the captaincy of John Thornett they toured UK, Ireland, France and Canada winning nineteen matches, losing fourteen and drawing three. At one stage they failed to win in four successive matches although in the Test match against England they gave the home side its heaviest defeat in 16 years. The tour marked the climax of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding abilities of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the mo (en)
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