1956 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia
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| Manager | Ron McGregor | ||||
| Coach(es) | Bill Telford | ||||
| Tour captain(s) | Tommy Baxter | ||||
| Top point scorer(s) | Des White 88 | ||||
| Top try scorer(s) | Rex Percy 12 | ||||
| Top test point scorer(s) | Des White 10 Don Adams 15 | ||||
| Top test try scorer(s) | Vern Bakalich 2 Don Adams 5 | ||||
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| Australia |
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| Previous tour | 1952 by to 1955 by 1955-56 to | ||||
| Next tour | 1956 by to 1958 by to 1959 by to | ||||
The 1956 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was the eighteenth tour by New Zealand's national rugby league team, and the thirteenth tour to visit Australia. The fifteen-match tour included three Test Matches.
The touring team began with a pair of wins but then lost the next two, against Newcastle and the First Test in Sydney. Five strong performances in Queensland followed, with wins by wide margins in high-scoring matches. In contrast, the Second Test was a low-scoring match, Australia winning 8 to 2 to secure their first Trans-Tasman series win since 1935. New Zealand lost the Third Test, and thus the series three-nil, and also the two tour matches that followed.