 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Pakazosvika 1981, akanga ava murwi wenguva dzose weAll Blacks, uye akatungamira chikwata kwenguva yokutanga apo Graham Mourie akanga asingawanikwi nokuda kwezvikwata zvinopesana ne. Dalton akava kaputeni wenguva yakazara pakurega basa kwaMourie muna 1982, kunyanya achitungamira maAll Blacks kurwisa Shumba panguva yekushanya kwavo muna 1983. Akasarudzwa semutungamiri we 1985 rwendo rwavo rwekuSouth Africa, uye akaenderera mberi nekutungamira rwendo rwevasiri veCavaliers rwekuSouth Africa muna 1986. Akatambura musaya wakaputsika mumutambo wechipiri werwendo rwacho uye haana kuzotambazve rugby mwaka iwoyo. Dalton akanga ari mumwe wevakaputeni vakabudirira zvikuru veAll Blacks munhau, vakakunda mu 15 yemiedzo yake 17 semutungamiriri. 