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In 1983 the British and Irish Lions toured New Zealand for the first time since 1977. The Lions went down to a 4–0 whitewash for only the second time in history – the previous was also inflicted by the All Blacks on the 1966 Lions. Overall the Lions played eighteen matches, winning twelve and losing six. In addition to their four test defeats they also lost to the Auckland and Canterbury provincial unions. The tour was captained by Ciaran Fitzgerald, coached by Jim Telfer and managed by Willie John McBride. The tour lasted 18 matches and almost 2 months, between May and July 1983. ==Injuries and replacements== In addition to the players originally selected, six players subsequently joined as replacements or cover for injured players; *Nigel Melville, who had not yet been capped by England, replaced Terry Holmes who was injured in the first test. *Melville was injured himself in his second match and was replaced by Steve Smith. *Eddie Butler replaced Jeff Squire. *Nick Jeavons replaced John O'Driscoll although O'Driscoll did resume playing on the tour. *Donal Lenihan, an original selection who had to withdraw after being diagnosed with a hernia, subsequently replaced Robert Norster. *Gerry McLoughlin replaced Ian Stephens. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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