2007 All Golds Tour

The 2007 All Golds Tour was conducted as part of the celebrations of a century of rugby league in New Zealand. It was a re-creation of the original New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain in 1907. The New Zealand Kiwis toured Great Britain and France playing four test matches. They lost the series against Great Britain 3-0, failing to win the Baskerville Shield. In addition a special game was played between the "All Golds" and the "Northern Union" which featured many players coming out of international retirement for the game. The tour also involved a reception with The Queen at Buckingham Palace for the squad.[1]

History

In 1905 New Zealand's rugby union team toured Great Britain and witnessed the growing popularity of the professional Northern Union rugby code.

With this popularity in mind, and sensing a financial opportunity, Albert Henry Baskerville recruited a group of players for a professional tour of Great Britain, and wrote to the Northern Rugby Football Union asking if they were willing to host a New Zealand touring party. This team toured Australia and then Great Britain in 1907, and was known colloquially as the All Golds, or Professional All Blacks.

Squad

NameAustraliaGBGBGBFranceGamesTriesGoalsFGsPointsClub
Anderson, LouisLouis Anderson BE BE SR SR 4* 1 0 0 4 New Zealand Warriors
Asotasi, RoyRoy Asotasi (C) PR PR PR PR PR 5 0 0 0 0 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Covell, LukeLuke Covell WG 1 0 0 0 0 Cronulla Sharks
Eastwood, GregGreg Eastwood BE BE 2* 0 0 0 0 Brisbane Broncos
Faiumu, DavidDavid Faiumu BE BE BE 3 0 0 0 0 North Queensland Cowboys
Halatau, DeneDene Halatau HK HK HK HK HK 5 0 0 0 0 Wests Tigers
Hape, ShontayneShontayne Hape BE CE WG 3 2 0 0 8 Bradford Bulls
Hohaia, LanceLance Hohaia FE FE BE 3 0 1 0 2 New Zealand Warriors
Inu, KrisnanKrisnan Inu FB 1 0 0 0 0 Parramatta Eels
Kenny-Dowall, ShaunShaun Kenny-Dowall WG 1* 1 0 0 4 Sydney Roosters
Lauaki, EpalahameEpalahame Lauaki BE BE 2* 0 0 0 0 New Zealand Warriors
Leuluai, ThomasThomas Leuluai HB HB BE 3* 1 0 0 4 Wigan Warriors
Lima, JeffJeff Lima BE BE BE 3 0 0 0 0 Melbourne Storm
Mannering, SimonSimon Mannering SR SR SR LK LK 5 0 0 0 0 New Zealand Warriors
Matai, SteveSteve Matai CE 1 0 0 0 0 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Moimoi, FuifuiFuifui Moimoi PR PR BE BE BE 5 0 0 0 0 Parramatta Eels
Perrett, SamSam Perrett FB FB FB FB 4* 0 0 0 0 Sydney Roosters
Pritchard, FrankFrank Pritchard SR SR SR 3 0 0 0 0 Penrith Panthers
Rapira, SamSam Rapira BE BE PR PR PR 5 0 0 0 0 New Zealand Warriors
Roberts, BenBen Roberts FE FE FE 3 0 3 0 6 Bulldogs
Smith, JeremyJeremy Smith HB HB HB 3 0 3 0 6 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Smith, JeremyJeremy Smith LK LK LK SR SR 5 0 0 0 0 Melbourne Storm
Stanley, ChaseChase Stanley WG WG 2* 2 0 0 8 St George Illawarra Dragons
Toopi, ClintonClinton Toopi CE CE CE 3* 0 0 0 0 Leeds Rhinos
Tuiaki, TanielaTaniela Tuiaki WG WG WG WG 4 1 0 0 4 Wests Tigers
Tupou, TameTame Tupou WG 1* 0 0 0 0 Bradford Bulls
Whatuira, PaulPaul Whatuira CE CE CE CE CE 5 3 0 0 12 Wests Tigers

*Also played in All Golds match.

Australian representative

To celebrate the inclusion of Australia's Dally Messenger in the original All Golds tour, Andrew Johns was initially invited to join the New Zealand team for the match against the Northern Union.[2] However, due to a career ending neck injury, he was unable to play with the squad.[3]

Australian captain Darren Lockyer was then set to take Johns' place until he too was ruled out after suffering a season-ending knee injury.[4][5] Trent Barrett was then linked with the stand-off role in the side however the place was taken by New Zealand Warriors captain and Queensland front rower Steve Price.[6] The Australian Test prop said it was "mind-blowing" to be invited on the tour.[7][8]

All Blacks and former Kiwi Test players

The NZRL expressed interest to include recently retired New Zealand Rugby League Legends Nigel Vagana, Ruben Wiki, and Stacey Jones in test matches. All three came out of international retirement to play in the match against the Northern Union.

Several current and former All Blacks were also considered for the match against the Northern Union. Players who grew up playing rugby league such as Carlos Spencer, Piri Weepu and Ma'a Nonu were approached by the NZRL however none were available due to rugby union commitments.[9]

Jonah Lomu was also considered but was effectively ruled out due to media and personal appearance commitments at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.[10]

Coach

Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett accepted the invitation from the New Zealand Rugby League to join the All Golds for their commemorative match against the Northern Union in England in October.[11] The former Queensland and Australian coach stated "This is a great honour and it's unique in the game."[12]

New Zealand vs Australia

There was a pre-tour test between Australia and New Zealand in Wellington.

13 October 2007
New Zealand  0 – 58  Australia
Tries:








Goals:
[13] Tries:
Greg Inglis (3)
Israel Folau (2)
Greg Bird
Jarryd Hayne
Willie Mason
Steve Price
Cameron Smith
Brett Stewart
Goals:
Cameron Smith (6/10)
Kurt Gidley (1/1)
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 16,681
Referee/s: Steve Ganson United Kingdom
Man of the Match: Greg Inglis
New Zealand
Australia
FB 1 Krisnan Inu
LW 2 Luke Covell
RC 3 Steve Matai
LC 4 Paul Whatuira
RW 5 Taniela Tuiaki
FE 6 Ben Roberts
HB 7 Jeremy Smith
PR 8 Roy Asotasi (c)
HK 9 Dene Halatau
PR 10 Fuifui Moimoi
SR 11 Simon Mannering
SR 12 Frank Pritchard
LK 13 Jeremy Smith
Substitutions:
IC 14 David Faiumu
IC 15 Shontayne Hape
IC 16 Sam Rapira
IC 17 Jeff Lima
Coach:
New Zealand Gary Kemble
FB 1 Brett Stewart
LW 2 Israel Folau
RC 3 Mark Gasnier
LC 4 Greg Inglis
RW 5 Jarryd Hayne
FE 6 Greg Bird
HB 7 Cooper Cronk
PR 8 Steve Price
HK 9 Cameron Smith (c)
PR 10 Petero Civoniceva
SR 11 Nathan Hindmarsh
SR 12 Ryan Hoffman
LF 13 Dallas Johnson
Substitutions:
IC 14 Brent Kite
IC 15 Kurt Gidley
IC 16 Willie Mason
IC 17 Michael Crocker
Coach:
Australia Ricky Stuart

All Golds v Northern Union

This was an exhibition match played under 1907 scoring rules with tries worth 3 points and goals / field goals worth 2 points each.[14]

21 October 2007
Northern Union 18 – 25 All Golds
Tries:
Danny McGuire (2)
Jon Clarke
Kirk Yeaman

Goals:
Jamie Rooney (3/4)		 [15] Tries:
Ali Lauitiiti (2)
Greg Eastwood
Louis Anderson
Clinton Toopi
Goals:
Stacey Jones (5/5)
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 6,800
Referee/s: Ashley Klein Australia
Man of the Match: Sam Burgess
Northern Union
All Golds
FB 1 Michael Platt
LW 2 David Hodgson
RC 3 Martin Gleeson
LC 4 Kirk Yeaman
RW 5 Gareth Raynor
SO 6 Danny McGuire
SH 7 Jamie Rooney
PR 8 Adrian Morley (c)
HK 9 Terry Newton
PR 10 Andy Lynch
SR 11 Danny Tickle
SR 12 Stephen Wild
LK 13 Sam Burgess
Substitutions:
IC 14 Jon Clarke
IC 15 Richard Moore
IC 16 Paul Sykes
IC 17 Andy Coley
Coach:
Australia Tony Smith
FB 1 Sam Perrett
LW 2 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
RC 3 Nigel Vagana
LC 4 Clinton Toopi
RW 5 Tame Tupou
FE 6 Thomas Leuluai
HB 7 Stacey Jones
PR 8 Steve Price
HK 9 David Faiumu
PR 10 Ruben Wiki (c)
SR 11 Ali Lauitiiti
SR 12 David Kidwell
LK 13 Louis Anderson
Substitutions:
IC 14 Greg Eastwood
IC 15 Epalahame Lauaki
IC 16 Awen Guttenbeil
IC 17 Chase Stanley
Coach:
Australia Wayne Bennett

Steve Price was the Australian guest player emulating Dally Messenger's role with the original All Golds. 19 year old Bradford forward Sam Burgess was awarded the Man of the Match and his performance saw his inclusion in the Great Britain squad for the upcoming Baskerville Shield series against the Kiwis.

Stacey Jones in his last international match kicked 5 goals from 5 attempts.

Fixtures

The New Zealand side played a total of five matches while on their European tour and one test in New Zealand before leaving.

Date Opponent Venue Result Score Attendance Report
13 October 2007AustraliaWestpac Stadium, WellingtonLost0-5816,681[16]
21 October 2007All Golds v Northern UnionHalliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonWon25-186,800[17]
27 October 2007Great BritainGalpharm Stadium, HuddersfieldLost14-2016,522[18]
3 November 2007Great BritainKingston Communications Stadium, HullLost0-4420,324[19]
10 November 2007Great BritainJJB Stadium, WiganLost22-2821,235[20]
17 November 2007FranceStade Jean-Bouin, ParisWon22-146,781[21]
The third Test: New Zealand against Great Britain in 2007.

Baskerville Shield

Venues

The three Baskerville Shield tests took place at the following venues.

Huddersfield Hull Wigan
Galpharm Stadium KC Stadium JJB Stadium
Capacity: 24,500 Capacity: 25,400 Capacity: 25,133

1st Test

27 October 2007
Great Britain  20 – 14  New Zealand
Tries:
Sam Burgess
Maurie Fa'asavalu
Gareth Raynor
Goals:
Rob Burrow (4/4)		 [22] Tries:
Shontayne Hape (2)
Paul Whatuira

Goals:
Lance Hohaia (1/3)
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Attendance: 16,522
Referee/s: Tony Archer Australia
Man of the Match: Rob Burrow
Great Britain
New Zealand
FB 1 Paul Wellens
LW 2 Ade Gardner
RC 3 Martin Gleeson
LC 4 Keith Senior
RW 5 Gareth Raynor
SO 6 Leon Pryce
SH 7 Rob Burrow
PR 8 Adrian Morley
HK 9 Jon Clarke
PR 10 Jamie Peacock (c)
SR 11 Gareth Ellis
SR 12 Sean O'Loughlin
LK 13 Kevin Sinfield
Substitutions:
IC 14 Maurie Fa'asavalu
IC 15 James Graham
IC 16 Sam Burgess
IC 17 Danny McGuire
Coach:
Australia Tony Smith
FB 1 Sam Perrett
LW 2 Tame Tupou
RC 3 Clinton Toopi
LC 4 Paul Whatuira
RW 5 Taniela Tuiaki
FE 6 Lance Hohaia
HB 7 Thomas Leuluai
PR 8 Roy Asotasi (c)
HK 9 Dene Halatau
PR 10 Fuifui Moimoi
SR 11 Simon Mannering
SR 12 Frank Pritchard
LK 13 Jeremy Smith
Substitutions:
IC 14 Greg Eastwood
IC 15 Louis Anderson
IC 16 Sam Rapira
IC 17 Epalahame Lauaki
Coach:
New Zealand Gary Kemble

2nd Test

3 November 2007
Great Britain  44 – 0  New Zealand
Tries:
Leon Pryce
Rob Burrow
Ade Gardner
Jamie Peacock
Gareth Raynor
Keith Senior
Paul Wellens
Goals:
Kevin Sinfield (5/5)
Rob Burrow (1/3)		 [23] Tries:







Goals:
KC Stadium, Hull
Attendance: 20,324
Referee/s: Tony Archer Australia
Great Britain
New Zealand
FB 1 Paul Wellens
LW 2 Ade Gardner
RC 3 Martin Gleeson
LC 4 Keith Senior
RW 5 Gareth Raynor
SO 6 Leon Pryce
SH 7 Rob Burrow
PR 8 Adrian Morley
HK 9 Jon Clarke
PR 10 Jamie Peacock (c)
SR 11 Gareth Ellis
SR 12 Sean O'Loughlin
LK 13 Kevin Sinfield
Substitutions:
IC 14 Maurie Fa'asavalu
IC 15 James Graham
IC 16 Sam Burgess
IC 17 Danny McGuire
Coach:
Australia Tony Smith
FB 1 Sam Perrett
LW 2 Taniela Tuiaki
RC 3 Clinton Toopi
LC 4 Paul Whatuira
RW 5 Tame Tupou
FE 6 Lance Hohaia
HB 7 Thomas Leuluai
PR 8 Sam Rapira
HK 9 Dene Halatau
PR 10 Roy Asotasi (c)
SR 11 Simon Mannering
SR 12 Frank Pritchard
LK 13 Jeremy Smith
Substitutions:
IC 14 Fuifui Moimoi
IC 15 David Faiumu
IC 16 Louis Anderson
IC 17 Greg Eastwood
Coach:
New Zealand Gary Kemble

3rd Test

10 November 2007
Great Britain  28 – 22  New Zealand
Tries:
Rob Burrow
David Hodgson
Danny McGuire
Keith Senior
Jon Wilkin
Goals:
Rob Burrow (4/6)		 [24] Tries:
Chase Stanley (2)
Taniela Tuiaki
Paul Whatuira


Goals:
Jeremy Smith (3/4)
JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 21,235
Referee/s: Tony Archer Australia
Great Britain
New Zealand
FB 1 Paul Wellens
LW 2 Ade Gardner
RC 3 Martin Gleeson
LC 4 Keith Senior
RW 5 David Hodgson
SO 6 Danny McGuire
SH 7 Rob Burrow
PR 8 Adrian Morley
HK 9 Jon Clarke
PR 10 Jamie Peacock (c)
SR 11 Gareth Ellis
SR 12 Sean O'Loughlin
LK 13 Jon Wilkin
Substitutions:
IC 14 James Graham
IC 15 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
IC 16 James Roby
IC 17 Kirk Yeaman
Coach:
Australia Tony Smith
FB 1 Sam Perrett
LW 2 Chase Stanley
RC 3 Clinton Toopi
LC 4 Paul Whatuira
RW 5 Taniela Tuiaki
FE 6 Lance Hohaia
HB 7 Jeremy Smith
PR 8 Sam Rapira
HK 9 Dene Halatau
PR 10 Roy Asotasi (c)
SR 11 Louis Anderson
SR 12 Jeremy Smith
LK 13 Simon Mannering
Substitutions:
IC 14 Lance Hohaia
IC 15 Fuifui Moimoi
IC 16 Epalahame Lauaki
IC 17 Jeff Lima
Coach:
New Zealand Gary Kemble

France vs New Zealand

17 November 2007
France  14 – 22  New Zealand
Tries:
Éric Anselme
Cyril Stacul


Goals:
Maxime Grésèque (3/3)		 [25] Tries:
Louis Anderson
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Thomas Leuluai
Paul Whatuira
Goals:
Ben Roberts (3/4)
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
Attendance: 6,781
Referee/s: Ashley Klein Australia
France
New Zealand
FB 1 Thomas Bosc
LW 2 Justin Murphy
RC 3 Sébastien Planas
LC 4 Sébastien Raguin
RW 5 Cyril Stacul
SO 6 Christophe Moly
SH 7 Maxime Grésèque
PR 8 David Ferriol
HK 9 Julien Rinaldi (c)
PR 10 Adel Fellous
SR 11 Cyrille Gossard
SR 12 Éric Anselme
LK 13 Laurent Carrasco
Substitutions:
IC 14 Jean-Christophe Borlin
IC 15 Rémi Casty
IC 16 Teddy Sadaoui
IC 17 James Wynne
Coach:
Australia John Monie
FB 1 Sam Perrett
LW 2 Chase Stanley
RC 3 Clinton Toopi
LC 4 Paul Whatuira
RW 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
FE 6 Ben Roberts
HB 7 Jeremy Smith
PR 8 Sam Rapira
HK 9 Dene Halatau
PR 10 Roy Asotasi (c)
SR 11 Louis Anderson
SR 12 Jeremy Smith
LK 13 Simon Mannering
Substitutions:
IC 14 Thomas Leuluai
IC 15 Jeff Lima
IC 16 David Faiumu
IC 17 Fuifui Moimoi
Coach:
New Zealand Gary Kemble

Aftermath

Great Britain's scrum half back, Rob Burrow was awarded the George Smith Medal as player of the series which he finished as top points scorer with 26 from two tries and nine goals.[26] Coach Gary Kemble was fired after the tour losses, with Roy Asotasi and David Kidwell leading a public campaign to replace him.[27] Kemble was replaced by Stephen Kearney as head coach and Wayne Bennett assistant coach, a combination which took the Kiwis to win the 2008 World Cup. The All Golds played another match, against the New Zealand Māori in New Plymouth, in 2008 as part of the lead up to the Rugby League World Cup.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Legend Johns to represent Kiwis". BBC. 2007-03-01. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Neck injury forces Johns to quit". BBC. 2007-04-10. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Lockyer to star in All Golds game". BBC. 2007-07-08. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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  6. ↑ "No deadline on All Golds player". tvnz.co.nz. 2007-05-05. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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  9. ↑ "Snubbed All Blacks get All Golds invite". Sydney Morning Herald. 2007-07-24. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  10. ↑ "NZRL wants Lomu to switch codes for centenary match". Stuff.co.nz. 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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  13. ↑ New Zealand vs Australia test
  14. ↑ Steve Price & Ben Blaschke (2011). Steve Price - Be Your Best. New Zealand: ReadHowYouWant.com.
  15. ↑ Northern Union vs All Golds
  16. ↑ Shawn Dollin. "New Zealand vs Australia 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  17. ↑ BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Northern Union 18-25 All Golds Archived February 22, 2011, at WebCite
  18. ↑ Great Britain vs New Zealand 2007 Series - Game 1 Archived February 22, 2011, at WebCite
  19. ↑ Great Britain vs New Zealand 2007 Series - Game 2 Archived February 22, 2011, at WebCite
  20. ↑ Great Britain vs New Zealand 2007 Series - Game 3 Archived February 22, 2011, at WebCite
  21. ↑ France vs New Zealand 2007 Archived February 22, 2011, at WebCite
  22. ↑ 1st Test - Great Britain vs New Zealand
  23. ↑ 2nd Test - Great Britain vs New Zealand
  24. ↑ 3rd Test - Great Britain vs New Zealand
  25. ↑ France vs New Zealand
  26. ↑ Burke, David (12 November 2007). "Rob Burrow walks tall for Great Britain". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  27. ↑ New Zealand Herald. "Rugby League: Kiwis tours build up special magic". nzherald.co.nz.
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