Backs: RA Ackerman (London Welsh and Wales), GRT Baird (Kelso and Scotland), SO Campbell (Old Belvedere and Ireland), J Carleton (Orrell and England), G Evans (Maesteg and Wales), WH Hare (Leicester and England), TD Holmes (Cardiff and Wales), DG Irwin (Instonians and Ireland), MJ Kiernan (Dolphin and Ireland), RJ Laidlaw (Jedforest and Scotland), HP MacNeill (Oxford University and Ireland), ND Melville (Wasps), TM Ringland (Ballymena and Ireland), JY Rutherford (Selkirk and Scotland), SJ Smith (Sale and England), CR Woodward (Leicester and England)

Forwards: SJ Bainbridge (Gosforth and England), JR Beattie (Glasgow Academicals and Scotland), SB Boyle (Gloucester and England), ET Butler (Pontypool and Wales), JH Calder (Stewart's Melville FP and Scotland), MJ Colclough (Angouleme and England), CT Deans (Hawick and Scotland), CF Fitzgerald (capt) (St Mary's College and Ireland), NC Jeavons (Moseley and England), ST Jones (Pontypool and Wales), DG Lenihan (Cork Constitution and Ireland), GAJ McLoughlin (Shannon and Ireland), IG Milne (Heriot's FP and Scotland), RL Norster (Cardiff and Wales), JB O'Driscoll (London Irish and Ireland), IAM Paxton (Selkirk and Scotland), G Price (Pontypool and Wales), J Squire (Pontypool and Wales), I Stephens (Bridgend and Wales), PJ Winterbottom (Headingley and England)

Manager: WJ McBride, assistant manager and coach JW Telfer

Results:

History of the Lions: The 1983 tour

Lions 47-15 Wanganui
Lions 12-13 Auckland
Lions 34-16 Bay of Plenty
Lions 27-19 Wellington
Lions 25-18 Manawatu
Lions 26-6 Mid Canterbury
Lions 12-16 New Zealand (Christchurch)
Lions 52-16 West Coast-Buller
Lions 41-3 Southland
Lions 57-10 Wairarapa-Bush
Lions 0-9 New Zealand (Wellington)
Lions 21-12 North Auckland
Lions 20-22 Canterbury
Lions 8-15 New Zealand (Dunedin)
Lions 25-19 Hawke's Bay
Lions 25-16 Counties
Lions 40-13 Waikato
Lions 6-38 New Zealand (Auckland)