2009 Australia national rugby union team tour

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

2009 Australia national rugby union team tour
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
07 04 01 02
Test match
05 02 01 02
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 tour2008

The Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Staus
31 October New Zealand  32-19  Australia National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Bledisloe Cup
2 November Gloucester 5-36  Australia XV Kingsholm, Gloucester Tour Match
7 November England  9-18  Australia Twickenham, London Test Match
15 November Ireland  20-20  Australia Croke Park, Dublin Test Match
21 November Scotland  9-8  Australia Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Test Match
24 November Cardiff Blues 3-31  Australia XV Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Tour Match
28 November Wales  12-33  Australia 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[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)
FB15James O'Connor
RW14Peter Hynes
OC13Ryan Cross
IC12Adam Ashley-Cooper
LW11Digby Ioane
FH10Matt Giteau
SH9Will Genia
N88Wycliff Palu 54'
OF7David Pocock
BF6Rocky Elsom (c)
RL5Mark Chisholm 49'
LL4James Horwill
TP3Ben Alexander
HK2Stephen Moore 49'
LP1Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK16Tatafu Polota-Nau 49'
PR17Matt Dunning
LK18Dean Mumm 49'
N819George Smith 54'
SH20Luke Burgess
FH21Drew Mitchell
CE22Quade Cooper
Coach:
Robbie Deans
FB15Mils Muliaina
RW14Cory Jane
OC13Conrad Smith
IC12Ma'a Nonu
LW11Sitiveni Sivivatu 32' to 42'
FH10Dan Carter 78'
SH9Jimmy Cowan
N88Rodney So'oialo 53'
OF7Richie McCaw (c)
BF6Adam Thomson
RL5Tom Donnelly 64'
LL4Brad Thorn
TP3Neemia Tialata 46'
HK2Andrew Hore
LP1Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK16Corey Flynn
PR17John Afoa 46'
LK18Jason Eaton 64'
N819Kieran Read 53'
SH20Brendon Leonard
FH21Stephen Donald 78'
CE22Tamati Ellison
Coach:
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[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)
FB15 Freddie Burns 54'
RW14 Charlie Sharples
OC13 Henry Trinder 72'
IC12 Tim Molenaar
LW11 Tom Voyce
FH10 Carlos Spencer
SH9 Dave Lewis 61'
N88 Dan Williams 61'
OF7 Akapusi Qera
BF6 Jake Boer (c)
RL5 Adam Eustace 40'
LL4 Will James
TP3 Pierre Capdevielle
HK2 Darren Dawidiuk 71'
LP1 Paul Doran-Jones 67'
Substitutions:
HK16 Ben Phillips 71'
PR17 Rupert Harden 67'
LK18 Dave Attwood 40'
FL19 Apolosi Satala 61'
SH20 Jordi Pasqualin 61'
CE21 Jonny May 72'
WG22 James Simpson-Daniel 54'
Coach:
Bryan Redpath
FB15Kurtley Beale
RW14Lachlan Turner
OC13Ryan Cross
IC12Tyrone Smith
LW11Drew Mitchell
FH10Quade Cooper
SH9Luke Burgess
N88Richard Brown
OF7Matt Hodgson
BF6Mitchell Chapman
RL5Dave Dennis
LL4Dean Mumm (c)
TP3Salesi Ma'afu 51'
HK2Tatafu Polota-Nau 37'
LP1Sekope Kepu
Substitutions:
HK16Pekahou Cowan 37'
PR17Matt Dunning 51'
LK18Mark Chisholm
N819Wycliff Palu
SH20Richard Kingi
FH21Matt Toomua
FB22James O'Connor
Coach:
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[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)
FB15Ugo Monye
RW14Mark Cueto
OC13Dan Hipkiss 66'
IC12Shane Geraghty
LW11Matt Banahan
FH10Jonny Wilkinson
SH9Danny Care 64'
N88Jordan Crane 53'
OF7Lewis Moody
BF6Tom Croft
RL5Steve Borthwick (c)
LL4Louis Deacon 68'
TP3David Wilson 57'
HK2Steve Thompson 56'
LP1Tim Payne
Replacements:
HK16Dylan Hartley 56'
PR17Duncan Bell 57'
LK18Courtney Lawes
N819James Haskell 53'
SH20Paul Hodgson 64'
FH21Andy Goode
CE22Ayoola Erinle 66'
Coach:
Martin Johnson
FB15Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW14Peter Hynes
OC13Digby Ioane 75'
IC12Quade Cooper
LW11Drew Mitchell
FH10Matt Giteau
SH9Will Genia
N88Wycliff Palu 69'
OF7George Smith
BF6Rocky Elsom (c)
RL5Mark Chisholm 74'
LL4James Horwill
TP3Ben Alexander 78'
HK2Stephen Moore 60'
LP1Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK16Tatafu Polota-Nau 60'
PR17Matt Dunning 78'
LK18Dean Mumm 74'
FL19David Pocock 69'
SH20Luke Burgess
CE21Ryan Cross 75'
FB22James O'Connor
Coach:
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[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)
FB15Rob Kearney
RW14Tommy Bowe
OC13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC12Paddy Wallace
LW11Luke Fitzgerald 53'
FH10Ronan O'Gara
SH9Tomás O'Leary
N88Jamie Heaslip
OF7David Wallace 63' to 65'
BF6Stephen Ferris 75'
RL5Paul O'Connell
LL4Donncha O'Callaghan
TP3John Hayes
HK2Jerry Flannery
LP1Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK16Sean Cronin
PR17Tom Court
LK18Leo Cullen
FL19Denis Leamy 63' 65' 75'
SH20Eoin Reddan
FH21Jonathan Sexton
WG22Keith Earls 53'
Coach:
Declan Kidney
FB15Adam Ashley-Cooper 69'
RW14Peter Hynes
OC13Digby Ioane
IC12Quade Cooper
LW11Drew Mitchell
FH10Matt Giteau
SH9Will Genia
N88Wycliff Palu 29' to 39'
OF7David Pocock 20' to 28'
BF6Rocky Elsom (c)
RL5Mark Chisholm
LL4James Horwill
TP3Ben Alexander
HK2Stephen Moore 64'
LP1Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK16Tatafu Polota-Nau 64'
PR17Matt Dunning
LK18Dean Mumm
FL19George Smith 20' 28'
SH20Luke Burgess
FH21Ryan Cross
FB22James O'Connor 69'
Coach:
Robbie Deans
  • 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[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)
FB15Rory Lamont
RW14Sean Lamont
OC13Alex Grove
IC12Graeme Morrison 40'
LW11Simon Danielli 63'
FH10Phil Godman
SH9Chris Cusiter (c) 20'
N88Johnnie Beattie 63'
OF7John Barclay
BF6Alasdair Strokosch 47'
RL5Alastair Kellock
LL4Nathan Hines
TP3Moray Low 57'
HK2Ross Ford 76'
LP1Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK16Dougie Hall 76'
PR17Kyle Traynor 57'
FL18Jason White 47'
N819Richie Vernon 63'
SH20Rory Lawson 20'
FB21Chris Paterson 63'
CE22Nick De Luca 40'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
FB15Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW14Peter Hynes
OC13Ryan Cross
IC12Quade Cooper 73'
LW11Drew Mitchell
FH10Matt Giteau
SH9Will Genia 63'
N88Wycliff Palu 66'
OF7George Smith
BF6Rocky Elsom (c)
RL5Mark Chisholm 49'
LL4James Horwill
TP3Ben Alexander
HK2Stephen Moore 45'
LP1Benn Robinson 16'
Replacements:
HK16Tatafu Polota-Nau 45'
PR17Sekope Kepu 16'
LK18Dean Mumm 49'
N819Richard Brown 66'
SH20Luke Burgess 63'
WG21Lachie Turner
CE22James O'Connor 73'
Coach:
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[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)
FB15 Ben Blair 63'
RW14 Richard Mustoe
OC13 Gareth Thomas 2' to 9'
IC12 Dafydd Hewitt
LW11 Chris Czekaj
FH10 Sam Norton-Knight
SH9 Gareth Cooper 40'
N88 Xavier Rush (c)
OF7 Ben White 40'
BF6 Sam Warburton
RL5 Scott Morgan 40'
LL4 Deiniol Jones
TP3 Gary Powell 45' to 63'
HK2 T. Rhys Thomas 71'
LP1 Taufa'ao Filise 63'
Substitutions:
HK16 Rhys Williams 71'
PR17 Sam Hobbs 45'
LK18 Paul Tito 40'
FL19 Robin Sowden-Taylor 40'
SH20 Richie Rees 40'
FH21 Ceri Sweeney 63'
CE22 Gavin Evans 2' 9'
Coach:
Dai Young
FB15James O'Connor
RW14Lachlan Turner
OC13Ryan Cross 62'
IC12Tyrone Smith
LW11Kurtley Beale
FH10Matt Toomua 2'
SH9Luke Burgess 74'
N88Richard Brown 47' to 57'
OF7Matt Hodgson 68' to 78'
BF6Mitchell Chapman 31'
RL5Dean Mumm (c)
LL4Dave Dennis
TP3Sekope Kepu 60'
HK2Tatafu Polota-Nau 63'
LP1Pekahou Cowan 29' 63'
Substitutions:
PR16Salesi Ma'afu 29'
PR17Matt Dunning 60'
LK18Mark Chisholm
FL19George Smith 31'
SH20Richard Kingi 74'
FH21Quade Cooper 2'
WG22Luke Morahan 62'
Coach:
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[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'
FB15James Hook
RW14Leigh Halfpenny 28'
OC13Jamie Roberts
IC12Jonathan Davies
LW11Shane Williams 5'
FH10Stephen Jones
SH9Dwayne Peel 10' to 15' 72'
N88Andy Powell 60' to 65'
OF7Martyn Williams
BF6Dan Lydiate 48' 60' 65'
RL5Luke Charteris 49'
LL4Alun Wyn Jones
TP3Paul James 48'
HK2Matthew Rees 30'
LP1Gethin Jenkins (c)
Replacements:
HK16Huw Bennett 30'
PR17Duncan Jones 48'
LK18Jonathan Thomas 49'
FL19Sam Warburton 48'
SH20Martin Roberts 10' 15' 72'
WG21Andrew Bishop 28'
WG22Tom James 5'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
FB15Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW14Peter Hynes 64'
OC13Digby Ioane
IC12Quade Cooper
LW11Drew Mitchell 70'
FH10Matt Giteau
SH9Will Genia 79'
N88Wycliff Palu 70'
OF7David Pocock 40'
BF6Rocky Elsom (c)
RL5Dean Mumm
LL4James Horwill
TP3Ben Alexander 73'
HK2Stephen Moore 55'
LP1Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK16Tatafu Polota-Nau 55'
PR17Matt Dunning 73'
N818Mark Chisholm 70'
FL19George Smith 40'
SH20Luke Burgess 79'
WG21James O'Connor 64'
WG22Kurtley Beale 70'
Coach:
Robbie Deans

Squad

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

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
PlayedTriesConPenDGPts PlayedTriesConPenDGPts PlayedTriesConPenDGPts
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

References
  1. "New Zealand 32-19 Australia". BBC News. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. "404". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "England 9-18 Australia". BBC News. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. "Ireland 20-20 Australia". BBC News. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. "Scotland 9-8 Australia". BBC News. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. "Cardiff Blues 3-31 Australia". BBC News. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. "Wales v Australia". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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