The 1982 England rugby union tour of Canada and the United States was a series of eight matches played by the England national rugby union team in Canada and the United States in May and June 1982. The tour was entirely successful as the England team won all its eight matches and conceded only 34 points. England did not award full international caps for the internationals against Canada and the United States.
Matches Scores and results list England's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date VenueEastern Canada 52 3 24 May TorontoCANADA 43 6 29 May Swangard Stadium, BurnabyCougars 26 6 2 June Bethell, SeattlePacific Coast 28 6 5 June Long Beach, CaliforniaWestern RFU 45 6 9 June DallasMid-West RFU 58 7 13 June Cleveland, OhioEastern RFU 41 0 16 June Gaelic Park, New York City UNITED STATES 59 0 19 June Dillon Stadium, Hartford, Connecticut
Touring party Manager: Budge Rogers Assistant manager: Mike Davis Captain: Steve Smith
Full back Dusty Hare (Leicester) Nick Stringer (Wasps)
Three-quarters John Carleton (Orrell) Clive Woodward (Leicester) Tony Bond (Sale) Tony Swift (Swansea) Neil McDowell (Gosforth) Steve Holdstock (Nottingham)
Half-backs Les Cusworth (Leicester) Peter Williams (Orrell) Steve Smith (Sale) Nigel Melville (Wakefield)
Forwards John Scott (Cardiff) Peter Winterbottom (Headingley) David Cooke Harlequins John Gadd (Gloucester) Nick Jeavons (Moseley) Maurice Colclough (Angoulême) Jim Syddall (Waterloo) Steve Bainbridge (Gosforth) Gary Pearce (Northampton) Phil Blakeway (Gloucester) Paul Rendall (Wasps) Malcolm Preedy (Gloucester) Peter Wheeler (Leicester) Steve Mills (Gloucester)
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