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, 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.
Dally Messenger, 1907 The one Australian All Black
To celebrate the inclusion of Australia's Dally Messenger in the original All Golds tour, New Zealand Warriors captain and Queensland front rower Steve Price was invited to join the New Zealand team for the match against the Northern Union.[2] The Australian test prop said it was "mind-blowing" to be invited on the tour.[3][4]
Andrew Johns had initially been invited,[5] but due to a career-ending neck injury, he was unable to play with the squad.[6] Australian captain Darren Lockyer was then set to take Johns' place until he too was ruled out after suffering a season-ending knee injury.[7][8]Trent Barrett was also linked with the stand-off role in the side.
All Blacks and former Kiwi Test players
The NZRL expressed interest in including recently retired New Zealand rugby league stars 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 (New Zealand rugby union players) 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]
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.
The third Test: New Zealand against Great Britain on 10 November
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.
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External links
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The 2007 All Golds Tour was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team the Kiwis of Great Britain and France 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 Kiwis played four test matches winning one against France but losing the series against Great Britain 3 0 failing to win the Baskerville Shield 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 Contents 1 History 2 Squad 2 1 Australian representative 2 2 All Blacks and former Kiwi Test players 2 3 Coach 3 New Zealand vs Australia 4 All Golds v Northern Union 5 Fixtures 6 Baskerville Shield 6 1 Venues 6 2 1st Test 6 3 2nd Test 6 4 3rd Test 7 France vs New Zealand 8 Aftermath 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditMain article 1907 1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain 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 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 EditName Australia GB GB GB France Games Tries Goals FGs Points ClubLouis Anderson BE BE SR SR 4 1 0 0 4 New Zealand WarriorsRoy Asotasi C PR PR PR PR PR 5 0 0 0 0 South Sydney RabbitohsLuke Covell WG 1 0 0 0 0 Cronulla SharksGreg Eastwood BE BE 2 0 0 0 0 Brisbane BroncosDavid Faiumu BE BE BE 3 0 0 0 0 North Queensland CowboysDene Halatau HK HK HK HK HK 5 0 0 0 0 Wests TigersShontayne Hape BE CE WG 3 2 0 0 8 Bradford BullsLance Hohaia FE FE BE 3 0 1 0 2 New Zealand WarriorsKrisnan Inu FB 1 0 0 0 0 Parramatta EelsShaun Kenny Dowall WG 1 1 0 0 4 Sydney RoostersEpalahame Lauaki BE BE 2 0 0 0 0 New Zealand WarriorsThomas Leuluai HB HB BE 3 1 0 0 4 Wigan WarriorsJeff Lima BE BE BE 3 0 0 0 0 Melbourne StormSimon Mannering SR SR SR LK LK 5 0 0 0 0 New Zealand WarriorsSteve Matai CE 1 0 0 0 0 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesFuifui Moimoi PR PR BE BE BE 5 0 0 0 0 Parramatta EelsSam Perrett FB FB FB FB 4 0 0 0 0 Sydney RoostersFrank Pritchard SR SR SR 3 0 0 0 0 Penrith PanthersSam Rapira BE BE PR PR PR 5 0 0 0 0 New Zealand WarriorsBen Roberts FE FE FE 3 0 3 0 6 BulldogsJeremy James Smith HB HB HB 3 0 0 0 0 South Sydney RabbitohsJeremy Jon Oscar Smith LK LK LK SR SR 5 0 3 0 6 Melbourne StormChase Stanley WG WG 2 2 0 0 8 St George Illawarra DragonsClinton Toopi CE CE CE 3 0 0 0 0 Leeds RhinosTaniela Tuiaki WG WG WG WG 4 1 0 0 4 Wests TigersTame Tupou WG 1 0 0 0 0 Bradford BullsPaul Whatuira CE CE CE CE CE 5 3 0 0 12 Wests TigersCoach Gary Kemble Also played in All Golds match Australian representative Edit Dally Messenger 1907 The one Australian All BlackTo celebrate the inclusion of Australia s Dally Messenger in the original All Golds tour New Zealand Warriors captain and Queensland front rower Steve Price was invited to join the New Zealand team for the match against the Northern Union 2 The Australian test prop said it was mind blowing to be invited on the tour 3 4 Andrew Johns had initially been invited 5 but due to a career ending neck injury he was unable to play with the squad 6 Australian captain Darren Lockyer was then set to take Johns place until he too was ruled out after suffering a season ending knee injury 7 8 Trent Barrett was also linked with the stand off role in the side All Blacks and former Kiwi Test players Edit The NZRL expressed interest in including recently retired New Zealand rugby league stars 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 New Zealand rugby union players 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 Edit Brisbane Broncos Australian 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 Australia coach stated This is a great honour and it s unique in the game 12 New Zealand vs Australia EditThere was a pre tour test between Australia and New Zealand in Wellington 13 October 2007New Zealand 0 58 AustraliaTries 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 WellingtonAttendance 16 681Referee Steve Ganson Player of the Match Greg Inglis Team details New Zealand AustraliaFB 1 Krisnan InuLW 2 Luke CovellRC 3 Steve MataiLC 4 Paul WhatuiraRW 5 Taniela TuiakiFE 6 Ben RobertsHB 7 Jeremy James SmithPR 8 Roy Asotasi c HK 9 Dene HalatauPR 10 Fuifui MoimoiSR 11 Simon ManneringSR 12 Frank PritchardLK 13 Jeremy Jon Oscar SmithSubstitutions IC 14 David FaiumuIC 15 Shontayne HapeIC 16 Sam RapiraIC 17 Jeff LimaCoach Gary Kemble FB 1 Brett StewartLW 2 Israel FolauRC 3 Mark GasnierLC 4 Greg InglisRW 5 Jarryd HayneFE 6 Greg BirdHB 7 Cooper CronkPR 8 Steve PriceHK 9 Cameron Smith c PR 10 Petero CivonicevaSR 11 Nathan HindmarshSR 12 Ryan HoffmanLF 13 Dallas JohnsonSubstitutions IC 14 Brent KiteIC 15 Kurt GidleyIC 16 Willie MasonIC 17 Michael CrockerCoach Ricky StuartAll Golds v Northern Union EditThis 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 2007Northern Union 18 25 All GoldsTries 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 WarringtonAttendance 6 800Referee Ashley Klein Player of the Match Sam Burgess Team details Northern Union All GoldsFB 1 Michael PlattLW 2 David HodgsonRC 3 Martin GleesonLC 4 Kirk YeamanRW 5 Gareth RaynorSO 6 Danny McGuireSH 7 Jamie RooneyPR 8 Adrian Morley c HK 9 Terry NewtonPR 10 Andy LynchSR 11 Danny TickleSR 12 Stephen WildLK 13 Sam BurgessSubstitutions IC 14 Jon ClarkeIC 15 Richard MooreIC 16 Paul SykesIC 17 Andy ColeyCoach Tony Smith FB 1 Sam PerrettLW 2 Shaun Kenny DowallRC 3 Nigel VaganaLC 4 Clinton ToopiRW 5 Tame TupouFE 6 Thomas LeuluaiHB 7 Stacey JonesPR 8 Steve PriceHK 9 David FaiumuPR 10 Ruben Wiki c SR 11 Ali LauitiitiSR 12 David KidwellLK 13 Louis AndersonSubstitutions IC 14 Greg EastwoodIC 15 Epalahame LauakiIC 16 Awen GuttenbeilIC 17 Chase StanleyCoach Wayne BennettSteve 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 EditThe New Zealand side played a total of five matches while on their European tour and one test in New Zealand before leaving The third Test New Zealand against Great Britain on 10 November Date Opponent Venue City Res Score Attend Rep 13 October Australia Westpac Wellington Lost 0 58 16 681 16 21 October Northern Union Halliwell Jones Warrington Won 25 18 6 800 17 27 October Great Britain Galpharm Huddersfield Lost 14 20 16 522 18 3 November Great Britain Kingston Kingston upon Hull Lost 0 44 20 324 19 10 November Great Britain JJB Stadium Wigan Lost 22 28 21 235 20 17 November France Jean Bouin Paris Won 22 14 6 781 21 Baskerville Shield EditVenues Edit The three Baskerville Shield tests took place at the following venues Huddersfield Kingston upon Hull WiganGalpharm Stadium KC Stadium JJB StadiumCapacity 24 500 Capacity 25 400 Capacity 25 133 1st Test Edit 27 October 2007Great Britain 20 14 New ZealandTries 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 HuddersfieldAttendance 16 522Referee Tony Archer Player of the Match Rob Burrow Team details Great Britain New ZealandFB 1 Paul WellensLW 2 Ade GardnerRC 3 Martin GleesonLC 4 Keith SeniorRW 5 Gareth RaynorSO 6 Leon PryceSH 7 Rob BurrowPR 8 Adrian MorleyHK 9 Jon ClarkePR 10 Jamie Peacock c SR 11 Gareth EllisSR 12 Sean O LoughlinLK 13 Kevin SinfieldSubstitutions IC 14 Maurie Fa asavaluIC 15 James GrahamIC 16 Sam BurgessIC 17 Danny McGuireCoach Tony Smith FB 1 Sam PerrettLW 2 Tame TupouRC 3 Clinton ToopiLC 4 Paul WhatuiraRW 5 Taniela TuiakiFE 6 Lance HohaiaHB 7 Thomas LeuluaiPR 8 Roy Asotasi c HK 9 Dene HalatauPR 10 Fuifui MoimoiSR 11 Simon ManneringSR 12 Frank PritchardLK 13 Jeremy Jon Oscar SmithSubstitutions IC 14 Greg EastwoodIC 15 Louis AndersonIC 16 Sam RapiraIC 17 Epalahame LauakiCoach Gary Kemble2nd Test Edit 3 November 2007Great Britain 44 0 New ZealandTries 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 Kingston upon HullAttendance 20 324Referee Tony Archer Team details Great Britain New ZealandFB 1 Paul WellensLW 2 Ade GardnerRC 3 Martin GleesonLC 4 Keith SeniorRW 5 Gareth RaynorSO 6 Leon PryceSH 7 Rob BurrowPR 8 Adrian MorleyHK 9 Jon ClarkePR 10 Jamie Peacock c SR 11 Gareth EllisSR 12 Sean O LoughlinLK 13 Kevin SinfieldSubstitutions IC 14 Maurie Fa asavaluIC 15 James GrahamIC 16 Sam BurgessIC 17 Danny McGuireCoach Tony Smith FB 1 Sam PerrettLW 2 Taniela TuiakiRC 3 Clinton ToopiLC 4 Paul WhatuiraRW 5 Tame TupouFE 6 Lance HohaiaHB 7 Thomas LeuluaiPR 8 Sam RapiraHK 9 Dene HalatauPR 10 Roy Asotasi c SR 11 Simon ManneringSR 12 Frank PritchardLK 13 Jeremy Jon Oscar SmithSubstitutions IC 14 Fuifui MoimoiIC 15 David FaiumuIC 16 Louis AndersonIC 17 Greg EastwoodCoach Gary Kemble3rd Test Edit 10 November 2007Great Britain 28 22 New ZealandTries 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 Jon Oscar Smith 3 4 JJB Stadium WiganAttendance 21 235Referee Tony Archer Team details Great Britain New ZealandFB 1 Paul WellensLW 2 Ade GardnerRC 3 Martin GleesonLC 4 Keith SeniorRW 5 David HodgsonSO 6 Danny McGuireSH 7 Rob BurrowPR 8 Adrian MorleyHK 9 Jon ClarkePR 10 Jamie Peacock c SR 11 Gareth EllisSR 12 Sean O LoughlinLK 13 Jon WilkinSubstitutions IC 14 James GrahamIC 15 Jamie Jones BuchananIC 16 James RobyIC 17 Kirk YeamanCoach Tony Smith FB 1 Sam PerrettLW 2 Chase StanleyRC 3 Clinton ToopiLC 4 Paul WhatuiraRW 5 Taniela TuiakiFE 6 Lance HohaiaHB 7 Jeremy James SmithPR 8 Sam RapiraHK 9 Dene HalatauPR 10 Roy Asotasi c SR 11 Louis AndersonSR 12 Jeremy Jon Oscar SmithLK 13 Simon ManneringSubstitutions IC 14 Lance HohaiaIC 15 Fuifui MoimoiIC 16 Epalahame LauakiIC 17 Jeff LimaCoach Gary KembleFrance vs New Zealand Edit17 November 2007France 14 22 New ZealandTries Eric Anselme Cyril Stacul Goals Maxime Greseque 3 3 25 Tries Louis Anderson Shaun Kenny Dowall Thomas Leuluai Paul Whatuira Goals Ben Roberts 3 4 Stade Jean Bouin ParisAttendance 6 781Referee Ashley Klein Team details France New ZealandFB 1 Thomas BoscLW 2 Justin MurphyRC 3 Sebastien PlanasLC 4 Sebastien RaguinRW 5 Cyril StaculSO 6 Christophe MolySH 7 Maxime GresequePR 8 David FerriolHK 9 Julien Rinaldi c PR 10 Adel FellousSR 11 Cyrille GossardSR 12 Eric AnselmeLK 13 Laurent CarrascoSubstitutions IC 14 Jean Christophe BorlinIC 15 Remi CastyIC 16 Teddy SadaouiIC 17 James WynneCoach John Monie FB 1 Sam PerrettLW 2 Chase StanleyRC 3 Clinton ToopiLC 4 Paul WhatuiraRW 5 Shaun Kenny DowallFE 6 Ben RobertsHB 7 Jeremy James SmithPR 8 Sam RapiraHK 9 Dene HalatauPR 10 Roy Asotasi c SR 11 Louis AndersonSR 12 Jeremy Jon Oscar SmithLK 13 Simon ManneringSubstitutions IC 14 Thomas LeuluaiIC 15 Jeff LimaIC 16 David FaiumuIC 17 Fuifui MoimoiCoach Gary KembleAftermath EditGreat 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 Maori in New Plymouth in 2008 as part of the lead up to the Rugby League World Cup See also EditNew Zealand Rugby League Rugby league in New ZealandReferences Edit Malkin Bonnie agencies 2007 10 16 The Queen reveals she s a Jonny Wilkinson fan telegraph co uk UK Telegraph Media Group Limited Archived from the original on 2012 11 13 Retrieved 2010 01 07 No deadline on All Golds player tvnz co nz 2007 05 05 Archived from the original on 2011 05 17 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Prop Price given All Golds berth BBC 2007 07 28 Archived from the original on 2012 03 02 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Price accepts invitation Newstalk ZB 2007 07 29 Archived from the original on 2007 09 29 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Legend Johns to represent Kiwis BBC 2007 03 01 Archived from the original on 2007 03 03 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Neck injury forces Johns to quit BBC 2007 04 10 Archived from the original on 2007 09 14 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Lockyer to star in All Golds game BBC 2007 07 08 Archived from the original on 2007 08 24 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Lockyer faces long injury lay off BBC 2007 07 14 Archived from the original on 2007 08 21 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Snubbed All Blacks get All Golds invite Sydney Morning Herald 2007 07 24 Archived from the original on 2007 09 30 Retrieved 2007 07 29 NZRL wants Lomu to switch codes for centenary match Stuff co nz 2007 07 22 Archived from the original on 2007 09 30 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Darren Lockyer and Wayne Bennett confirmer for NZ All Golds RLeague com 2007 07 22 Archived from the original on 2007 10 01 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Bennett Lockyer join All Golds press co nz 2007 07 09 Archived from the original on 2007 09 30 Retrieved 2007 07 29 New Zealand vs Australia test Steve Price amp Ben Blaschke 2011 Steve Price Be Your Best New Zealand ReadHowYouWant com ISBN 9781459627789 Northern Union vs All Golds Shawn Dollin New Zealand vs Australia 2007 Archived from the original on 2012 02 14 Retrieved 2009 08 22 BBC SPORT Rugby League Northern Union 18 25 All Golds Archived October 21 2007 at the Wayback Machine Great Britain vs New Zealand 2007 Series Game 1 Archived January 5 2010 at the Wayback Machine Great Britain vs New Zealand 2007 Series Game 2 Archived January 22 2010 at the Wayback Machine Great Britain vs New Zealand 2007 Series Game 3 Archived August 23 2009 at the Wayback Machine France vs New Zealand 2007 Archived October 8 2012 at the Wayback Machine 1st Test Great Britain vs New Zealand Archived from the original on 2016 05 31 Retrieved 2017 06 04 2nd Test Great Britain vs New Zealand Archived from the original on 2017 12 11 Retrieved 2017 06 04 3rd Test Great Britain vs New Zealand Archived from the original on 2016 02 12 Retrieved 2017 06 04 France vs New Zealand Burke David 12 November 2007 Rob Burrow walks tall for Great Britain The Telegraph Telegraph Media Group Retrieved 20 August 2014 New Zealand Herald Rugby League Kiwis tours build up special 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