2009 Australia national rugby union team tour of Japan, Great Britain and Ireland

2009 Australia national rugby union team tour of Japan, Great Britain and Ireland
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
Summary
P W D L
Total
7 4 1 2
Test match
5 2 1 2
Opponent
P W D L
 New Zealand
1 0 0 1
 England
1 1 0 0
 Ireland
1 0 1 0
 Scotland
1 0 0 1
 Wales
1 1 0 0
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

The Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
New Zealand193231 October 2009National Olympic Stadium, TokyoBledisloe Cup
Gloucester3652 November 2009Kingsholm, GloucesterTour match
England1897 November 2009Twickenham, LondonTest match
Ireland202015 November 2009Croke Park, DublinTest match
Scotland8921 November 2009Murrayfield, EdinburghTest match
Cardiff Blues31324 November 2009Cardiff City Stadium, CardiffTour match
Wales331228 November 2009Millennium Stadium, CardiffTest 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)
FB 15James O'Connor
RW 14Peter Hynes
OC 13Ryan Cross
IC 12Adam Ashley-Cooper
LW 11Digby Ioane
FH 10Matt Giteau
SH 9 Will Genia
N8 8 Wycliff Palu  54'
OF 7 David Pocock
BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)
RL 5 Mark Chisholm  49'
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Ben Alexander
HK 2 Stephen Moore  49'
LP 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  49'
PR 17Matt Dunning
LK 18Dean Mumm  49'
N8 19George Smith  54'
SH 20Luke Burgess
FH 21Drew Mitchell
CE 22Quade Cooper
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans
FB 15Mils Muliaina
RW 14Cory Jane
OC 13Conrad Smith
IC 12Ma'a Nonu
LW 11Sitiveni Sivivatu 32' to 42'
FH 10Dan Carter  78'
SH 9 Jimmy Cowan
N8 8 Rodney So'oialo  53'
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)
BF 6 Adam Thomson
RL 5 Tom Donnelly  64'
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Neemia Tialata  46'
HK 2 Andrew Hore
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16Corey Flynn
PR 17John Afoa  46'
LK 18Jason Eaton  64'
N8 19Kieran Read  53'
SH 20Brendon Leonard
FH 21Stephen Donald  78'
CE 22Tamati Ellison
Coach:
New Zealand Graham Henry

Assistant referees:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Television Match Official:
Akihisa Aso (Japan)

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)
FB 15England Freddie Burns  54'
RW 14England Charlie Sharples
OC 13England Henry Trinder  72'
IC 12New Zealand Tim Molenaar
LW 11England Tom Voyce
FH 10New Zealand Carlos Spencer
SH 9 England Dave Lewis  61'
N8 8 England Dan Williams  61'
OF 7 Fiji Akapusi Qera
BF 6 South Africa Jake Boer (c)
RL 5 England Adam Eustace  40'
LL 4 Wales Will James
TP 3 France Pierre Capdevielle
HK 2 England Darren Dawidiuk  71'
LP 1 England Paul Doran-Jones  67'
Substitutions:
HK 16Wales Ben Phillips  71'
PR 17England Rupert Harden  67'
LK 18England Dave Attwood  40'
FL 19Fiji Apolosi Satala  61'
SH 20England Jordi Pasqualin  61'
CE 21England Jonny May  72'
WG 22England James Simpson-Daniel  54'
Coach:
Scotland Bryan Redpath
FB 15Kurtley Beale
RW 14Lachlan Turner
OC 13Ryan Cross
IC 12Tyrone Smith
LW 11Drew Mitchell
FH 10Quade Cooper
SH 9 Luke Burgess
N8 8 Richard Brown
OF 7 Matt Hodgson
BF 6 Mitchell Chapman
RL 5 Dave Dennis
LL 4 Dean Mumm (c)
TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu  51'
HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau  37'
LP 1 Sekope Kepu
Substitutions:
HK 16Pekahou Cowan  37'
PR 17Matt Dunning  51'
LK 18Mark Chisholm
N8 19Wycliff Palu
SH 20Richard Kingi
FH 21Matt Toomua
FB 22James O'Connor
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

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)
FB 15Ugo Monye
RW 14Mark Cueto
OC 13Dan Hipkiss  66'
IC 12Shane Geraghty
LW 11Matt Banahan
FH 10Jonny Wilkinson
SH 9 Danny Care  64'
N8 8 Jordan Crane  53'
OF 7 Lewis Moody
BF 6 Tom Croft
RL 5 Steve Borthwick (c)
LL 4 Louis Deacon  68'
TP 3 David Wilson  57'
HK 2 Steve Thompson  56'
LP 1 Tim Payne
Replacements:
HK 16Dylan Hartley  56'
PR 17Duncan Bell  57'
LK 18Courtney Lawes
N8 19James Haskell  53'
SH 20Paul Hodgson  64'
FH 21Andy Goode
CE 22Ayoola Erinle  66'
Coach:
England Martin Johnson
FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW 14Peter Hynes
OC 13Digby Ioane  75'
IC 12Quade Cooper
LW 11Drew Mitchell
FH 10Matt Giteau
SH 9 Will Genia
N8 8 Wycliff Palu  69'
OF 7 George Smith
BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)
RL 5 Mark Chisholm  74'
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Ben Alexander  78'
HK 2 Stephen Moore  60'
LP 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  60'
PR 17Matt Dunning  78'
LK 18Dean Mumm  74'
FL 19David Pocock  69'
SH 20Luke Burgess
CE 21Ryan Cross  75'
FB 22James O'Connor
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

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)
FB 15Rob Kearney
RW 14Tommy Bowe
OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12Paddy Wallace
LW 11Luke Fitzgerald  53'
FH 10Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace 63' to 65'
BF 6 Stephen Ferris  75'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Jerry Flannery
LP 1 Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK 16Sean Cronin
PR 17Tom Court
LK 18Leo Cullen
FL 19Denis Leamy  63'  65'  75'
SH 20Eoin Reddan
FH 21Jonathan Sexton
WG 22Keith Earls  53'
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney
FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper  69'
RW 14Peter Hynes
OC 13Digby Ioane
IC 12Quade Cooper
LW 11Drew Mitchell
FH 10Matt Giteau
SH 9 Will Genia
N8 8 Wycliff Palu 29' to 39'
OF 7 David Pocock 20' to 28'
BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)
RL 5 Mark Chisholm
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Ben Alexander
HK 2 Stephen Moore  64'
LP 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  64'
PR 17Matt Dunning
LK 18Dean Mumm
FL 19George Smith  20'  28'
SH 20Luke Burgess
FH 21Ryan Cross
FB 22James O'Connor  69'
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

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)
FB 15Rory Lamont
RW 14Sean Lamont
OC 13Alex Grove
IC 12Graeme Morrison  40'
LW 11Simon Danielli  63'
FH 10Phil Godman
SH 9 Chris Cusiter (c)  20'
N8 8 Johnnie Beattie  63'
OF 7 John Barclay
BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch  47'
RL 5 Alastair Kellock
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Moray Low  57'
HK 2 Ross Ford  76'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16Dougie Hall  76'
PR 17Kyle Traynor  57'
FL 18Jason White  47'
N8 19Richie Vernon  63'
SH 20Rory Lawson  20'
FB 21Chris Paterson  63'
CE 22Nick De Luca  40'
Coach:
England Andy Robinson
FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW 14Peter Hynes
OC 13Ryan Cross
IC 12Quade Cooper  73'
LW 11Drew Mitchell
FH 10Matt Giteau
SH 9 Will Genia  63'
N8 8 Wycliff Palu  66'
OF 7 George Smith
BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)
RL 5 Mark Chisholm  49'
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Ben Alexander
HK 2 Stephen Moore  45'
LP 1 Benn Robinson  16'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  45'
PR 17Sekope Kepu  16'
LK 18Dean Mumm  49'
N8 19Richard Brown  66'
SH 20Luke Burgess  63'
WG 21Lachie Turner
CE 22James O'Connor  73'
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

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)
FB 15New Zealand Ben Blair  63'
RW 14Wales Richard Mustoe
OC 13Wales Gareth Thomas 2' to 9'
IC 12Wales Dafydd Hewitt
LW 11Wales Chris Czekaj
FH 10Australia Sam Norton-Knight
SH 9 Wales Gareth Cooper  40'
N8 8 New Zealand Xavier Rush (c)
OF 7 Australia Ben White  40'
BF 6 Wales Sam Warburton
RL 5 Wales Scott Morgan  40'
LL 4 Wales Deiniol Jones
TP 3 Wales Gary Powell 45' to 63'
HK 2 Wales T. Rhys Thomas  71'
LP 1 Tonga Taufa'ao Filise  63'
Substitutions:
HK 16Wales Rhys Williams  71'
PR 17Wales Sam Hobbs  45'
LK 18New Zealand Paul Tito  40'
FL 19Wales Robin Sowden-Taylor  40'
SH 20Wales Richie Rees  40'
FH 21Wales Ceri Sweeney  63'
CE 22Wales Gavin Evans  2'  9'
Coach:
Wales Dai Young
FB 15James O'Connor
RW 14Lachlan Turner
OC 13Ryan Cross  62'
IC 12Tyrone Smith
LW 11Kurtley Beale
FH 10Matt Toomua  2'
SH 9 Luke Burgess  74'
N8 8 Richard Brown 47' to 57'
OF 7 Matt Hodgson 68' to 78'
BF 6 Mitchell Chapman  31'
RL 5 Dean Mumm (c)
LL 4 Dave Dennis
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  60'
HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau  63'
LP 1 Pekahou Cowan  29'  63'
Substitutions:
PR 16Salesi Ma'afu  29'
PR 17Matt Dunning  60'
LK 18Mark Chisholm
FL 19George Smith  31'
SH 20Richard Kingi  74'
FH 21Quade Cooper  2'
WG 22Luke Morahan  62'
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

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'
FB 15James Hook
RW 14Leigh Halfpenny  28'
OC 13Jamie Roberts
IC 12Jonathan Davies
LW 11Shane Williams  5'
FH 10Stephen Jones
SH 9 Dwayne Peel 10' to 15'  72'
N8 8 Andy Powell 60' to 65'
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Dan Lydiate  48'  60'  65'
RL 5 Luke Charteris  49'
LL 4 Alun Wyn Jones
TP 3 Paul James  48'
HK 2 Matthew Rees  30'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins (c)
Replacements:
HK 16Huw Bennett  30'
PR 17Duncan Jones  48'
LK 18Jonathan Thomas  49'
FL 19Sam Warburton  48'
SH 20Martin Roberts  10'  15'  72'
WG 21Andrew Bishop  28'
WG 22Tom James  5'
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland
FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW 14Peter Hynes  64'
OC 13Digby Ioane
IC 12Quade Cooper
LW 11Drew Mitchell  70'
FH 10Matt Giteau
SH 9 Will Genia  79'
N8 8 Wycliff Palu  70'
OF 7 David Pocock  40'
BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)
RL 5 Dean Mumm
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Ben Alexander  73'
HK 2 Stephen Moore  55'
LP 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  55'
PR 17Matt Dunning  73'
N8 18Mark Chisholm  70'
FL 19George Smith  40'
SH 20Luke Burgess  79'
WG 21James O'Connor  64'
WG 22Kurtley Beale  70'
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

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.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Stephen Moore Hooker (1983-01-20)20 January 1983 (aged 26) 41 Australia Brumbies
Tatafu Polota-Nau Hooker (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 24) 18 Australia Waratahs
Ben Alexander Prop (1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 24) 13 Australia Brumbies
Pekahau Cowan Prop (1986-06-02)2 June 1986 (aged 23) 3 Australia Western Force
Matt Dunning Prop (1978-12-19)19 December 1978 (aged 30) 32 Australia Waratahs
Sekope Kepu Prop (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 23) 2 Australia Waratahs
Salesi Ma'afu Prop (1983-03-22)22 March 1983 (aged 26) 0 Australia Brumbies
Benn Robinson Prop (1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 25) 26 Australia Waratahs
Mark Chisholm Lock (1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 28) 43 Australia Brumbies
Dave Dennis Lock (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 23) 0 Australia Waratahs
James Horwill Lock (1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 24) 19 Australia Reds
Dean Mumm Lock (1984-03-05)5 March 1984 (aged 25) 16 Australia Waratahs
Mitchell Chapman Flanker (1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 26) 0 Australia Brumbies
Rocky Elsom (c) Flanker (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 26) 44 Australia Brumbies
Matt Hodgson Flanker (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 (aged 28) 0 Australia Western Force
David Pocock Flanker (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 21) 11 Australia Western Force
George Smith Flanker (1980-07-14)14 July 1980 (aged 29) 105 Australia Brumbies
Richard Brown Number 8 (1984-08-28)28 August 1984 (aged 25) 11 Australia Western Force
Wycliff Palu Number 8 (1982-07-27)27 July 1982 (aged 27) 28 Australia Waratahs
Luke Burgess Scrum-half (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 26) 19 Australia Waratahs
Will Genia Scrum-half (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 21) 6 Australia Reds
Richard Kingi Scrum-half (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 20) 0 Australia Reds
Quade Cooper Fly-half (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 21) 7 Australia Reds
Matt Giteau Fly-half (1982-09-29)29 September 1982 (aged 27) 73 Australia Western Force
Matt Toomua Fly-half (1990-01-02)2 January 1990 (aged 19) 0 Australia Brumbies
Berrick Barnes (vc) Centre (1986-05-28)28 May 1986 (aged 23) 21 Australia Reds
Ryan Cross Centre (1979-07-17)17 July 1979 (aged 30) 17 Australia Western Force
Rob Horne Centre (1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 20) 0 Australia Waratahs
Stirling Mortlock Centre (1977-05-20)20 May 1977 (aged 32) 80 Australia Brumbies
Tyrone Smith Centre (1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 26) 0 Australia Brumbies
Peter Hynes Wing (1982-07-18)18 July 1982 (aged 27) 17 Australia Reds
Digby Ioane Wing (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 24) 1 Australia Reds
Drew Mitchell Wing (1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 25) 37 Australia Western Force
Luke Morahan Wing (1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 19) 0 Australia Reds
Lachlan Turner Wing (1987-05-11)11 May 1987 (aged 22) 11 Australia Waratahs
Kurtley Beale Fullback (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 20) 0 Australia Waratahs
Adam Ashley-Cooper Fullback (1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 25) 32 Australia Brumbies
James O'Connor Fullback (1990-07-05)5 July 1990 (aged 19) 10 Australia Western Force

Coaching staff

Head Coach - New Zealand Robbie Deans
Assistant Coach - Australia Jim Williams
Skills Coach - Australia Richard Graham
High Performance Director - Australia David Nucifora

Statistics

Key

Name Non-Test Test Overall Cards
PlayedTriesConPenDGPts PlayedTriesConPenDGPts PlayedTriesConPenDGPts Red card
Matt Giteau––––––5061204850612048––
Ryan Cross23000153100056141016––
Quade Cooper21410164000005162016––
James O'Connor10410114000005041011––
Drew Mitchell2100054100056200010––
Kurtley Beale22000101000003200010––
Tatafu Polota-Nau200000510005710005––
Adam Ashley-Cooper––––––510005510005––
Rocky Elsom––––––510005510005––
Will Genia––––––510005510005––
James Horwill––––––510005510005––
Peter Hynes––––––510005510005––
Digby Ioane––––––410005410005––
David Pocock––––––410005410005––
Tyrone Smith210005––––––210005––
Luke Morahan110005––––––110005––
Dean Mumm200000400000600000––
George Smith100000500000600000––
Ben Alexander––––––500000500000––
Mark Chisholm––––––500000500000––
Stephen Moore––––––500000500000––
Wycliff Palu––––––5000005000001–
Benn Robinson––––––500000500000––
Luke Burgess200000200000400000––
Matt Dunning200000200000400000––
Richard Brown2000001000003000001–
Sekope Kepu200000100000300000––
Mitchell Chapman200000––––––200000––
Pekahau Cowan200000––––––200000––
Dave Dennis200000––––––200000––
Matt Hodgson200000––––––2000001–
Salesi Ma'afu200000––––––200000––
Richard Kingi100000––––––100000––
Matt Toomua100000––––––100000––
Lachlan Turner100000––––––100000––
Berrick BarnesDid not play
Rob HorneDid not play
Stirling MortlockDid not play
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