History of rugby union matches between Australia and Wales

Since 1908 Australia and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union in 39 matches, Australia having won 28, Wales 10, with 1 draw. Since 2007 the teams have competed for the James Bevan Trophy, which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations.

Summary

Overview

Details	Played	Won by  Australia	Won by  Wales	Drawn	Australia points	Wales points
In Australia	12	11	1	0	376	172
In Wales	24	15	8	1	493	390
Neutral venue	3	2	1	0	57	46
Overall	39	28	10	1	912	596

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	Australia	Wales
Longest winning streak	11 (28 Nov 2009–Present)	3 (21 Jun 1969–11 Jun 1978)
Largest points for
Home	63 (22 July 1991)	29 (4 November 2006)
Away	38 (12 October 1991)	25 (9 June 1996)
Largest winning margin
Home	57 (22 July 1991)	25 (20 December 1975)
Away	35 (12 October 1991)	3 (21 June 1969)

History

In the first 70 years Wales won 6 of the 8 matches. Over the next 10 years it was fairly even, but since the first World Cup in 1987, Australia has dominated by 22 wins to 2. The 2006 match ended in the second highest scoring draw of all time, 29–29.

Australia snatched victory in the inaugural James Bevan Trophy, test match 29–23 with a last minute try on Saturday 26 May 2007 at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney. They followed this up with a whitewash 31–0 victory at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Wales captured the trophy the following year in 2008 with a 21–18 victory in Cardiff, but since then it has remained in Australian hands with 11 consecutive wins. Three victories in Cardiff in 2009–11 were followed up by a 3–0 series win in Australia in 2012, all by narrow margins. In the return match at Cardiff, Australia once again won with a last minute try.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup brought Australia and Wales together again for another third place play-off, and once again it was a close finish, with Australia claiming third place in a reversal of the first World Cup in 1987, when Wales won the play-off 22–21.

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
39	10 October 2015	Twickenham Stadium	15 – 6	Australia	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A
38	8 November 2014	Millennium Stadium	28 – 33	Australia	2014 Autumn International
37	30 November 2013	Millennium Stadium	26 – 30	Australia	2013 Autumn International
36	1 December 2012	Millennium Stadium	12 – 14	Australia	2012 Autumn International
35	23 June 2012	Sydney Football Stadium	20 – 19	Australia	Welsh Tour of Australia
34	16 June 2012	Etihad Stadium	25 – 23	Australia
33	9 June 2012	Suncorp Stadium	27 – 19	Australia
32	3 December 2011	Millennium Stadium	18 – 24	Australia	2011 Autumn International
31	21 October 2011	Eden Park	21 – 18	Australia	3rd place playoff of 2011 Rugby World Cup
30	6 November 2010	Millennium Stadium	16 – 25	Australia	2010 Autumn International
29	28 November 2009	Millennium Stadium	12 – 33	Australia	2009 Autumn International
28	29 November 2008	Millennium Stadium	21 – 18	Wales	2008 Autumn International
27	15 September 2007	Millennium Stadium	20 – 32	Australia	Pool stage of 2007 Rugby World Cup
26	2 June 2007	Suncorp Stadium	31 – 0	Australia	2007 Welsh tour of Australia
25	26 May 2007	Telstra Stadium	29 – 23	Australia
24	4 November 2006	Millennium Stadium	29 – 29	draw	2006 Autumn International
23	26 November 2005	Millennium Stadium	24 – 22	Wales	2005 Autumn International
22	14 June 2003	Telstra Stadium	30 – 10	Australia
21	25 November 2001	Millennium Stadium	13 – 21	Australia
20	23 October 1999	Millennium Stadium	9 – 24	Australia	Quarter final of 1999 Rugby World Cup
19	22 June 1996	Aussie Stadium	42 – 3	Australia
18	9 June 1996	Ballymore Stadium	56 – 25	Australia
17	1 December 1996	National Stadium	19 – 28	Australia
16	21 November 1992	National Stadium	6 – 23	Australia
15	12 October 1991	National Stadium	3 – 38	Australia	Pool stage of 1991 Rugby World Cup
14	22 July 1991	Ballymore Stadium	63 – 6	Australia
13	18 June 1987	Rotorua International Stadium	21 – 22	Wales	3rd place playoff of 1987 Rugby World Cup
12	24 November 1984	National Stadium	9 – 28	Australia
11	5 December 1981	National Stadium	18 – 13	Wales
10	17 June 1978	Sydney Cricket Ground	19 – 17	Australia
9	11 June 1978	Ballymore Stadium	18 – 8	Australia
8	20 December 1975	National Stadium	28 – 3	Wales
7	10 November 1973	National Stadium	24 – 0	Wales
6	21 June 1969	Sydney Cricket Ground	16 – 19	Wales
5	3 December 1966	National Stadium	11 – 14	Australia
4	4 January 1958	National Stadium	9 – 3	Wales
3	20 December 1947	National Stadium	6 – 0	Wales
2	26 November 1927	National Stadium	8 – 18	Australia
1	12 December 1908	National Stadium	9 – 6	Wales

See also

• James Bevan Trophy

References

External links

Results archive from WRU