1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand

In 1993 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. This was the last Lions tour in the sport's amateur era. The Lions were managed by Geoff Cooke, coached by Ian McGeechan and Dick Best, and captained by Gavin Hastings.

1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand
Date	22 May – 3 July
Coach(es)	Ian McGeechan
Tour captain(s)	Gavin Hastings
Test series winners	New Zealand (2–1)
Top test point scorer(s)	Gavin Hastings (38)
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1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand
Summary	P W D L
Total	13 07 00 06
Test match	03 01 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
New Zealand	3 1 0 2

The Lions played a three-test series against New Zealand, and ten matches against provincial teams and the New Zealand Maori. They won six and lost four of those games. The Lions lost the first test match, but won the second to level the series, with New Zealand winning the third test and the series.

Wade Dooley appeared briefly on the tour but left to return home to England to attend his father's funeral and he was replaced by Martin Johnson.

Squad

Backs

Name	Club	National team	Notes
Rob Andrew	Wasps	England
Stuart Barnes	Bath	England
Will Carling	Harlequins	England
Tony Clement	Swansea	Wales
Vince Cunningham	St Mary's College	Ireland	Replacement for Scott Hastings
Ieuan Evans	Llanelli	Wales
Scott Gibbs	Swansea	Wales
Jeremy Guscott	Bath	England
Gavin Hastings (c)	Watsonians	Scotland
Scott Hastings	Watsonians	Scotland
Ian Hunter	Northampton	England
Robert Jones	Swansea	Wales
Dewi Morris	Orrell	England
Andy Nicol	Dundee HSFP	Scotland	Temporary replacement for Robert Jones
Rory Underwood	Leicester and RAF	England
Tony Underwood	Leicester	England
Richard Wallace	Garryowen	Ireland	Replacement for Ian Hunter

Forwards

Name	Club	National team	Notes
Martin Bayfield	Northampton	England
Paul Burnell	London Scottish	Scotland
Ben Clarke	Bath	England
Damian Cronin	London Scottish	Scotland
Wade Dooley	Preston Grasshoppers	England	Left the tour to return home for the funeral of his father
Mick Galwey	Shannon	Ireland
Martin Johnson	Leicester	England	Replacement for Wade Dooley
Jason Leonard	Harlequins	England
Kenny Milne	Heriot's FP	Scotland
Brian Moore	Harlequins	England
Nick Popplewell	Greystones	Ireland
Andy Reed	Bath	Scotland
Dean Richards	Leicester	England
Mike Teague	Gloucester	England
Richard Webster	Swansea	Wales
Peter Winterbottom	Harlequins	England
Peter Wright	Boroughmuir	Scotland

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
22 May	North Auckland	Whangārei	Won	17–30
26 May	North Harbour	Auckland	Won	29–13
29 May	New Zealand Māori	Wellington	Won	20–24
2 June	Canterbury	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Won	10–28
5 June	Otago	Dunedin	Lost	37–24
8 June	Southland	Invercargill	Won	16–34
12 June	New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Lost	20–18
16 June	Taranaki	New Plymouth	Won	25–49
19 June	Auckland	Auckland	Lost	23–18
22 June	Hawke's Bay	McLean Park, Napier	Lost	29–17
26 June	New Zealand	Athletic Park, Wellington	Won	7–20
29 June	Waikato	Hamilton	Lost	38–10
3 July	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Lost	30–13

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
13	7	0	6

Test series

First test

The first test was won by New Zealand.^[1]

12 June 1993

New Zealand	20–18	British Lions

Lancaster Park, Christchurch Referee: Brian Kinsey (Australia)

Second test

The Lions won the second Test, with a particularly strong performance by Ben Clarke.^[1]

26 June 1993

New Zealand	7–20	British Lions
Try: Clarke c Con: Fox	Report	Try: R. Underwood m Pen: G. Hastings (4) Drop: Andrew

Athletic Park, Wellington Attendance: 39,000

FB 15 John Timu RW 14 John Kirwan OC 13 Frank Bunce IC 12 Eroni Clarke LW 11 Va'aiga Tuigamala FH 10 Grant Fox SH 9 Jon Preston N8 8 Zinzan Brooke OF 7 Michael Jones BF 6 Jamie Joseph RL 5 Mark Cooksley LL 4 Robin Brooke TP 3 Olo Brown HK 2 Sean Fitzpatrick (c) LP 1 Craig Dowd Coach: Laurie Mains

FB 15 Gavin Hastings (c) RW 14 Ieuan Evans OC 13 Scott Gibbs IC 12 Jeremy Guscott LW 11 Rory Underwood FH 10 Rob Andrew SH 9 Dewi Morris N8 8 Dean Richards OF 7 Peter Winterbottom BF 6 Ben Clarke RL 5 Martin Bayfield LL 4 Martin Johnson TP 3 Jason Leonard HK 2 Brian Moore LP 1 Nick Popplewell Coach: Ian McGeechan

Third test

Thus the series came down to the third Test decider at Eden Park. The Lions took a 10–0 lead, but New Zealand, helped by strong local support, recovered to easily win 30–13.^[2]

3 July 1993

New Zealand	30–13	British Lions
Try: Bunce 27' c Fitzpatrick 31' c Preston 66' c Con: Fox (3) Pen: Fox (3) 43', 57', 73'	Report	Try: Gibbs 23' c Con: G. Hastings Pen: G. Hastings (2) 18', 51'

Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Patrick Robin (France)

FB 15 John Timu RW 14 John Kirwan OC 13 Frank Bunce IC 12 Lee Stensness LW 11 Va'aiga Tuigamala FH 10 Grant Fox SH 9 Jon Preston N8 8 Arran Pene OF 7 Michael Jones BF 6 Jamie Joseph RL 5 Ian Jones LL 4 Robin Brooke TP 3 Olo Brown HK 2 Sean Fitzpatrick (c) LP 1 Craig Dowd Replacements: LK 16 Mark Cooksley N8 17 Zinzan Brooke CE 18 Matthew Cooper SH 19 Ant Strachan HK 20 Graham Dowd PR 21 Bull Allen Coach: Laurie Mains

FB 15 Gavin Hastings (c) RW 14 Ieuan Evans OC 13 Scott Gibbs IC 12 Jeremy Guscott LW 11 Rory Underwood FH 10 Rob Andrew SH 9 Dewi Morris N8 8 Dean Richards OF 7 Peter Winterbottom BF 6 Ben Clarke RL 5 Martin Bayfield LL 4 Martin Johnson TP 3 Jason Leonard HK 2 Brian Moore LP 1 Nick Popplewell Replacements: FB 16 Tony Clement CE 17 Will Carling SH 18 Robert Jones PR 19 Paul Burnell HK 20 Kenny Milne FL 21 Mike Teague Coach: Ian McGeechan