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No more than twelve months passed before the British and Irish team ventured to Australia and New Zealand in 1904.

The tourists devastated the Australian teams, winning every single game.

Australia also lost all three tests to the visitors, even getting held to a stand-still in two of the three games.

Though the New Zealand leg of the tour did not take long in comparison to the number of Australian games, the British and Irish experienced considerable difficulty across the Tasman after white-washing the Australians.

The team managed two early wins before losing the test to New Zealand and only winning one more game as well as drawing once.

Despite their difficulties in New Zealand the tour proved a raging success on-field for the British and Irish.