2009 Australia national rugby union team tour of Japan, Great Britain and Ireland
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Coach(es) | Robbie Deans | ||||
Tour captain(s) | Rocky Elsom | ||||
Top point scorer(s) | Matt Giteau (48) | ||||
Top try scorer(s) | Ryan Cross (4) | ||||
Top test point scorer(s) | Matt Giteau (48) | ||||
Top test try scorer(s) | 10 players with 1 try | ||||
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Tour chronology | |||||
Previous tour | 2008 |
The 2009 Australia national rugby union Tour was a series of seven matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November 2009. The "Wallabies " didn't obtain their goal (the Grand Slam) drawing the match with Ireland, and losing surprisingly to Scotland. The tour was preceded by a match against All Blacks for the Bledisloe Cup
Contents
The Matches
Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.
Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
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New Zealand | 19 | 32 | 31 October 2009 | National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo | Bledisloe Cup |
Gloucester | 36 | 5 | 2 November 2009 | Kingsholm, Gloucester | Tour match |
England | 18 | 9 | 7 November 2009 | Twickenham, London | Test match |
Ireland | 20 | 20 | 15 November 2009 | Croke Park, Dublin | Test match |
Scotland | 8 | 9 | 21 November 2009 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | Test match |
Cardiff Blues | 31 | 3 | 24 November 2009 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff | Tour match |
Wales | 33 | 12 | 28 November 2009 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Test match |
Matches
New Zealand
31 October 2009 17:38 JST (UTC+09) |
Australia | 19–32 | New Zealand |
Try: Hynes 34' c Con: Giteau (1/1) 35' Pen: Giteau (4/5) 5', 11', 28', 71' |
Report | Tries: Sivivatu 20' c Smith 45' c Con: Carter (2/2) 21', 46' Pen: Carter (6/6) 14', 31', 61', 68', 72', 77' |
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 44,449 Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa) |
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Gloucester (un-capped)
3 November 2009 19:45 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Gloucester | 5–36 | Australia |
Try: Burns 25' m Con: Spencer (0/1) |
Report | Tries: Cross 14' c T. Smith 30' c Mitchell (2) 65' c, 75' c Cooper 78' m Con: Cooper (4/5) 15', 31', 66', 75' Pen: Cooper 3' |
Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Andrew Small (England) |
England
7 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
England | 9–18 | Australia |
Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 8', 25' Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 3' |
Report | Try: Genia 21' m Ashley-Cooper 72' c Con: Giteau (1/2) 73' Pen: Giteau (2/2) 45', 60' |
Twickenham, London Attendance: 80,020 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) |
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Ireland
15 November 2009 15:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Ireland | 20–20 | Australia |
Tries: Bowe 57' c O'Driscoll 79' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) 58', 79' Pen: O'Gara (2/2) 5', 21' |
Report | Tries: Mitchell 2' c Elsom 62' c Con: Giteau (2/2) 3', 62' Pen: Giteau (2/4) 24', 54' Drop: Giteau (0/1) |
Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 69,886 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) |
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- Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll became the 11th player in history to make his 100th Test appearance.
Scotland
21 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Scotland | 9–8 | Australia |
Pen: Godman (2/3) 27', 56' Drop: Godman (0/1) Paterson (1/1) 75' |
Report | Try: Cross 80' m Con: Giteau (0/1) Pen: Giteau (1/3) 4' Drop: Giteau (0/1) |
Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 44,762 Referee: Romain Poite (France) |
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Cardiff Blues (un-capped)
24 November 2009 19:35 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Cardiff Blues | 3–31 | Australia |
Pen: Blair (1/1) 3' | Report | Try: Cross 4' c Beale (2) 38' c, 80' c Morahan 76' c Con: O'Connor (4/4) 6', 40', 77', 80' Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 21' |
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 14,622 Referee: James Jones (Wales) |
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Wales
28 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Wales | 12–33 | Australia |
Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 21' 30' 40' Halfpenny (1/1) 17' Hook (0/1) |
Report | Try: Ioane 7' m Horwill 19' m Pocock 24' c Polota-Nau 62' c Con: Giteau (2/4) 25', 63' Pen: Giteau (3/3) 2' 31' 57' |
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) |
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Squad
The 35-man touring party was announced on 8 October 2009.
On the 28 October, Tyrone Smith was called up to replace the injured Rob Horne.
After Berrick Barnes was ruled out with an injury sustained in training Brumbies, fly-half Matt Toomua was called up to cover for him for him.
Note: Caps and date of ages are to opening tour match on 31 October 2009.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
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Coaching staff
Head Coach - Robbie Deans
Assistant Coach - Jim Williams
Skills Coach - Richard Graham
High Performance Director - David Nucifora
Statistics
Key
- Con: Conversions
- Pen: Penalties
- DG: Drop goals
- Pts: Points
Name | Non-Test | Test | Overall | Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Played | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | Played | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | Played | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | |||||||
Matt Giteau | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 48 | – | – | ||||
Ryan Cross | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | – | – | ||||
Quade Cooper | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | – | – | ||||
James O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | – | – | ||||
Drew Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | – | ||||
Kurtley Beale | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | – | ||||
Tatafu Polota-Nau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Adam Ashley-Cooper | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Rocky Elsom | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Will Genia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
James Horwill | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Peter Hynes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Digby Ioane | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
David Pocock | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Tyrone Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Luke Morahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | ||||
Dean Mumm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
George Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Ben Alexander | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Mark Chisholm | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Stephen Moore | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Wycliff Palu | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | ||||
Benn Robinson | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Luke Burgess | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Matt Dunning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Richard Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | ||||
Sekope Kepu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Mitchell Chapman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Pekahau Cowan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Dave Dennis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Matt Hodgson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | ||||
Salesi Ma'afu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Richard Kingi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Matt Toomua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Lachlan Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | ||||
Berrick Barnes | Did not play | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rob Horne | Did not play | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stirling Mortlock | Did not play |
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