1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
ManagerCharles Gibson
Albert Bishop
Coach(es)Graeme Langlands
Tour captain(s)Graeme Langlands
Bob McCarthy
Tom Raudonikis
Arthur Beetson
Top point scorer(s)Mick Cronin 77
Top try scorer(s)Bob Fulton 20
Top test point scorer(s)Bob Fulton 15
Top test try scorer(s)Bob Fulton 5
Summary
P W D L
Total
19 17 0 2
Test match
5 4 0 1
Opponent
P W D L
 Great Britain
3 2 0 1
 France
2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour1967-68
Next tour1978

The 1973 Kangaroo Tour was the thirteenth Kangaroo Tour, and saw the Australian national rugby league team travel to Europe and play nineteen matches against British and French club and representative rugby league teams, in addition to three Test matches against Great Britain and two Tests against the French. It followed the tour of 1967-68 and the next was staged in 1978.

Due to the advent of the Jet Age which had made international travel times much shorter (a Jumbo Jet airplane could travel between Sydney and London in a day compared to the weeks it took a ship at sea), and with a slimed down tour itinerary (the 1973 Kangaroos played 19 games compared to the 27 played by the 1967-68 Kangaroos), this was the first Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France to be held inside of a single calendar year.