2009 Australia national rugby union team tour
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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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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
The Matches
[edit]Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Staus |
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31 October | New Zealand ![]() | 32-19 | ![]() | National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo | Bledisloe Cup |
2 November | Gloucester ![]() | 5-36 | ![]() | Kingsholm, Gloucester | Tour Match |
7 November | England ![]() | 9-18 | ![]() | Twickenham, London | Test Match |
15 November | Ireland ![]() | 20-20 | ![]() | Croke Park, Dublin | Test Match |
21 November | Scotland ![]() | 9-8 | ![]() | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | Test Match |
24 November | Cardiff Blues ![]() | 3-31 | ![]() | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff | Tour Match |
28 November | Wales ![]() | 12-33 | ![]() | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Test Match |
Matches
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]31 October 2009 17:38 JST (UTC+09) |
Australia ![]() | 19–32 | ![]() |
Try: Hynes 34' c Con: Giteau (1/1) 35' Pen: Giteau (4/5) 5', 11', 28', 71' | Report[1] | 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)
[edit]3 November 2009 19:45 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Gloucester | 5–36 | ![]() |
Try: Burns 25' m Con: Spencer (0/1) | Report[2] | 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
[edit]7 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
England ![]() | 9–18 | ![]() |
Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 8', 25' Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 3' | Report[3] | 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
[edit]15 November 2009 15:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Ireland ![]() | 20–20 | ![]() |
Tries: Bowe 57' c O'Driscoll 79' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) 58', 79' Pen: O'Gara (2/2) 5', 21' | Report[4] | 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
[edit]21 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Scotland ![]() | 9–8 | ![]() |
Pen: Godman (2/3) 27', 56' Drop: Godman (0/1) Paterson (1/1) 75' | Report[5] | 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)
[edit]24 November 2009 19:35 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Cardiff Blues | 3–31 | ![]() |
Pen: Blair (1/1) 3' | Report[6] | 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
[edit]28 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Wales ![]() | 12–33 | ![]() |
Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 21' 30' 40' Halfpenny (1/1) 17' Hook (0/1) | Report[7] | 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
[edit]The 35-man touring party was announced on 8 October 2009.
On 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 To'omua was called up to cover 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.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Stephen Moore | Hooker | 20 January 1983 (aged 26) | 41 | ![]() |
Tatafu Polota-Nau | Hooker | 26 July 1985 (aged 24) | 18 | ![]() |
Ben Alexander | Prop | 13 November 1984 (aged 24) | 13 | ![]() |
Pekahau Cowan | Prop | 2 June 1986 (aged 23) | 3 | ![]() |
Matt Dunning | Prop | 19 December 1978 (aged 30) | 32 | ![]() |
Sekope Kepu | Prop | 5 February 1986 (aged 23) | 2 | ![]() |
Salesi Ma'afu | Prop | 22 March 1983 (aged 26) | 0 | ![]() |
Benn Robinson | Prop | 19 July 1984 (aged 25) | 26 | ![]() |
Mark Chisholm | Lock | 18 September 1981 (aged 28) | 43 | ![]() |
Dave Dennis | Lock | 10 January 1986 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
James Horwill | Lock | 29 May 1985 (aged 24) | 19 | ![]() |
Dean Mumm | Lock | 5 March 1984 (aged 25) | 16 | ![]() |
Mitchell Chapman | Flanker | 15 March 1983 (aged 26) | 0 | ![]() |
Rocky Elsom (c) | Flanker | 14 February 1983 (aged 26) | 44 | ![]() |
Matt Hodgson | Flanker | 25 June 1981 (aged 28) | 0 | ![]() |
David Pocock | Flanker | 23 April 1988 (aged 21) | 11 | ![]() |
George Smith | Flanker | 14 July 1980 (aged 29) | 105 | ![]() |
Richard Brown | Number 8 | 28 August 1984 (aged 25) | 11 | ![]() |
Wycliff Palu | Number 8 | 27 July 1982 (aged 27) | 28 | ![]() |
Luke Burgess | Scrum-half | 20 August 1983 (aged 26) | 19 | ![]() |
Will Genia | Scrum-half | 17 January 1988 (aged 21) | 6 | ![]() |
Richard Kingi | Scrum-half | 17 March 1989 (aged 20) | 0 | ![]() |
Quade Cooper | Fly-half | 5 April 1988 (aged 21) | 7 | ![]() |
Matt Giteau | Fly-half | 29 September 1982 (aged 27) | 73 | ![]() |
Matt To'omua | Fly-half | 2 January 1990 (aged 19) | 0 | ![]() |
Berrick Barnes (vc) | Centre | 28 May 1986 (aged 23) | 21 | ![]() |
Ryan Cross | Centre | 17 July 1979 (aged 30) | 17 | ![]() |
Rob Horne | Centre | 15 August 1989 (aged 20) | 0 | ![]() |
Stirling Mortlock | Centre | 20 May 1977 (aged 32) | 80 | ![]() |
Tyrone Smith | Centre | 12 July 1983 (aged 26) | 0 | ![]() |
Peter Hynes | Wing | 18 July 1982 (aged 27) | 17 | ![]() |
Digby Ioane | Wing | 14 July 1985 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() |
Drew Mitchell | Wing | 26 March 1984 (aged 25) | 37 | ![]() |
Luke Morahan | Wing | 13 April 1990 (aged 19) | 0 | ![]() |
Lachlan Turner | Wing | 11 May 1987 (aged 22) | 11 | ![]() |
Kurtley Beale | Fullback | 6 January 1989 (aged 20) | 0 | ![]() |
Adam Ashley-Cooper | Fullback | 27 March 1984 (aged 25) | 32 | ![]() |
James O'Connor | Fullback | 5 July 1990 (aged 19) | 10 | ![]() |
Coaching staff
[edit]Head Coach - Robbie Deans
Assistant Coach - Jim Williams
Skills Coach - Richard Graham
High Performance Director - David Nucifora
Statistics
[edit]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 To'omua | 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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand 32-19 Australia". BBC News. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "404". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "England 9-18 Australia". BBC News. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Ireland 20-20 Australia". BBC News. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Scotland 9-8 Australia". BBC News. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Cardiff Blues 3-31 Australia". BBC News. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Wales v Australia". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.