2009 Australia rugby union tour

none March 2014 May 2020 Robbie Deans Rocky Elsom Matt Giteau (48) Ryan Cross (4) Matt Giteau (48) 10 players with 1 try 7 4 1 2 5 2 1 2 NZL 1 0 0 1 ENG 1 1 0 0 IRE 1 0 1 0 SCO 1 0 0 1 WAL 1 1 0 0 2008 Asia & Europe 2010 Asia & Europe The 2009 Australia national rugby union tour was a series of seven matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November 2009. Australia did not 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. Matches Scores and results list Australia's points tally first. DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueStaus31 OctoberNZL32-19AUSNational Olympic Stadium, TokyoBledisloe Cup2 NovemberGloucester ENG5-36AUS XVKingsholm, GloucesterTour Match7 NovemberENG9-18AUSTwickenham, LondonTest Match15 NovemberIRE20-20AUSCroke Park, DublinTest Match21 NovemberSCO9-8AUSMurrayfield Stadium, EdinburghTest Match24 NovemberCardiff Blues WAL3-31AUS XVCardiff City Stadium, CardiffTour Match28 NovemberWAL12-33AUSMillennium Stadium, CardiffTest Match New Zealand 31 October 2009 17:38 JST (UTC+09) AUS 19–32 NZL Reporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8335325.stm New Zealand 32-19 Australia 31 October 2009 14 September 2017 BBC News Try: Hynes 34' cCon: Giteau (1/1) 35'Pen: Giteau (4/5) 5', 11', 28', 71' Tries: Sivivatu 20' cSmith 45' cCon: Carter (2/2) 21', 46'Pen: Carter (6/6) 14', 31', 61', 68', 72', 77' National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 44,449 Mark Lawrence (South Africa) FB 15James O'ConnorRW 14Peter Hynes OC 13Ryan CrossIC 12Adam Ashley-Cooper LW 11Digby IoaneFH 10Matt GiteauSH 9 Will GeniaN8 8 Wycliff Palu 54OF 7 David PocockBF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)RL 5 Mark Chisholm 49LL 4 James HorwillTP 3 Ben Alexander HK 2 Stephen Moore 49LP 1 Benn RobinsonReplacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 49PR 17Matt DunningLK 18Dean Mumm 49N8 19George Smith 54SH 20Luke BurgessFH 21Drew MitchellCE 22Quade CooperCoach:NZL Robbie Deans FB 15Mils MuliainaRW 14Cory JaneOC 13Conrad SmithIC 12Ma'a Nonu LW 11Sitiveni Sivivatu 32 42FH 10Dan Carter 78SH 9 Jimmy CowanN8 8 Rodney So'oialo 53OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)BF 6 Adam ThomsonRL 5 Tom Donnelly 64LL 4 Brad ThornTP 3 Neemia Tialata 46HK 2 Andrew HoreLP 1 Tony WoodcockReplacements:HK 16Corey FlynnPR 17John Afoa 46LK 18Jason Eaton 64N8 19Kieran Read 53SH 20Brendon LeonardFH 21Stephen Donald 78CE 22Tamati EllisonCoach:NZL 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 AUS ReportMarch 2025 Try: Burns 25' mCon: Spencer (0/1) Tries: Cross 14' cT. Smith 30' cMitchell (2) 65' c, 75' cCooper 78' mCon: Cooper (4/5) 15', 31', 66', 75'Pen: Cooper 3' Kingsholm, Gloucester 16,500 Andrew Small (England) FB 15ENG Freddie Burns 54RW 14ENG Charlie SharplesOC 13ENG Henry Trinder 72IC 12NZL Tim Molenaar LW 11ENG Tom VoyceFH 10NZL Carlos SpencerSH 9 ENG Dave Lewis 61N8 8 ENG Dan Williams 61OF 7 FIJ Akapusi QeraBF 6 RSA Jake Boer (c)RL 5 ENG Adam Eustace 40LL 4 WAL Will JamesTP 3 FRA Pierre CapdevielleHK 2 ENG Darren Dawidiuk 71LP 1 ENG Paul Doran-Jones 67Substitutions:HK 16WAL Ben Phillips 71PR 17ENG Rupert Harden 67LK 18ENG Dave Attwood 40FL 19FIJ Apolosi Satala 61SH 20ENG Jordi Pasqualin 61CE 21ENG Jonny May 72WG 22ENG James Simpson-Daniel 54Coach:SCO Bryan Redpath FB 15Kurtley BealeRW 14Lachlan TurnerOC 13Ryan CrossIC 12Tyrone SmithLW 11Drew MitchellFH 10Quade CooperSH 9 Luke BurgessN8 8 Richard BrownOF 7 Matt HodgsonBF 6 Mitchell Chapman RL 5 Dave DennisLL 4 Dean Mumm (c)TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu 51HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 37LP 1 Sekope KepuSubstitutions:HK 16Pekahou Cowan 37PR 17Matt Dunning 51LK 18Mark ChisholmN8 19Wycliff PaluSH 20Richard KingiFH 21Matt To'omuaFB 22James O'ConnorCoach:NZL Robbie Deans England 7 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) ENG 9–18 AUS Reporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8345354.stm England 9-18 Australia 7 November 2009 14 September 2017 BBC News Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 8', 25'Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 3' Try: Genia 21' mAshley-Cooper 72' cCon: Giteau (1/2) 73'Pen: Giteau (2/2) 45', 60' Twickenham, London 80,020 Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) FB 15Ugo MonyeRW 14Mark Cueto OC 13Dan Hipkiss 66IC 12Shane Geraghty LW 11Matt BanahanFH 10Jonny WilkinsonSH 9 Danny Care 64N8 8 Jordan Crane 53OF 7 Lewis MoodyBF 6 Tom CroftRL 5 Steve Borthwick (c)LL 4 Louis Deacon 68TP 3 David Wilson 57HK 2 Steve Thompson 56LP 1 Tim PayneReplacements:HK 16Dylan Hartley 56PR 17Duncan Bell 57LK 18Courtney LawesN8 19James Haskell 53SH 20Paul Hodgson 64FH 21Andy GoodeCE 22Ayoola Erinle 66Coach:ENG Martin Johnson FB 15Adam Ashley-CooperRW 14Peter Hynes OC 13Digby Ioane 75IC 12Quade Cooper LW 11Drew MitchellFH 10Matt GiteauSH 9 Will GeniaN8 8 Wycliff Palu 69OF 7 George SmithBF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)RL 5 Mark Chisholm 74LL 4 James HorwillTP 3 Ben Alexander 78HK 2 Stephen Moore 60LP 1 Benn RobinsonReplacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 60PR 17Matt Dunning 78LK 18Dean Mumm 74FL 19David Pocock 69SH 20Luke BurgessCE 21Ryan Cross 75FB 22James O'ConnorCoach:NZL Robbie Deans Ireland 15 November 2009 15:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) IRE 20–20 AUS Reporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/8361384.stm Ireland 20-20 Australia 15 November 2009 14 September 2017 BBC News Tries: Bowe 57' cO'Driscoll 79' cCon: O'Gara (2/2) 58', 79'Pen: O'Gara (2/2) 5', 21' Tries: Mitchell 2' cElsom 62' cCon: Giteau (2/2) 3', 62'Pen: Giteau (2/4) 24', 54'Drop: Giteau (0/1) Croke Park, Dublin 69,886 Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) FB 15Rob KearneyRW 14Tommy Bowe OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)IC 12Paddy Wallace LW 11Luke Fitzgerald 53FH 10Ronan O'GaraSH 9 Tomás O'LearyN8 8 Jamie HeaslipOF 7 David Wallace 63 65BF 6 Stephen Ferris 75RL 5 Paul O'ConnellLL 4 Donncha O'CallaghanTP 3 John Hayes HK 2 Jerry FlanneryLP 1 Cian HealyReplacements:HK 16Seán CroninPR 17Tom CourtLK 18Leo CullenFL 19Denis Leamy 63 65 75SH 20Eoin ReddanFH 21Johnny SextonWG 22Keith Earls 53Coach:IRE rugby union Declan Kidney FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper 69RW 14Peter Hynes OC 13Digby IoaneIC 12Quade Cooper LW 11Drew MitchellFH 10Matt GiteauSH 9 Will GeniaN8 8 Wycliff Palu 29 39OF 7 David Pocock 20 28BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)RL 5 Mark ChisholmLL 4 James HorwillTP 3 Ben Alexander HK 2 Stephen Moore 64LP 1 Benn RobinsonReplacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 64PR 17Matt DunningLK 18Dean MummFL 19George Smith 20 28SH 20Luke BurgessFH 21Ryan CrossFB 22James O'Connor 69Coach:NZL 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) SCO 9–8 AUS Reporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/scottish/8369615.stm Scotland 9-8 Australia 21 November 2009 14 September 2017 BBC News Pen: Godman (2/3) 27', 56'Drop: Godman (0/1)Paterson (1/1) 75' Try: Cross 80' mCon: Giteau (0/1)Pen: Giteau (1/3) 4'Drop: Giteau (0/1) Murrayfield, Edinburgh 44,762 Romain Poite (France) FB 15Rory LamontRW 14Sean Lamont OC 13Alex GroveIC 12Graeme Morrison 40LW 11Simon Danielli 63FH 10Phil GodmanSH 9 Chris Cusiter (c) 20N8 8 Johnnie Beattie 63OF 7 John Barclay BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch 47RL 5 Alastair Kellock LL 4 Nathan Hines TP 3 Moray Low 57HK 2 Ross Ford 76LP 1 Allan JacobsenReplacements:HK 16Dougie Hall 76PR 17Kyle Traynor 57FL 18Jason White 47N8 19Richie Vernon 63SH 20Rory Lawson 20FB 21Chris Paterson 63CE 22Nick De Luca 40Coach:ENG Andy Robinson FB 15Adam Ashley-CooperRW 14Peter HynesOC 13Ryan CrossIC 12Quade Cooper 73LW 11Drew MitchellFH 10Matt GiteauSH 9 Will Genia 63N8 8 Wycliff Palu 66OF 7 George Smith BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)RL 5 Mark Chisholm 49LL 4 James HorwillTP 3 Ben Alexander HK 2 Stephen Moore 45LP 1 Benn Robinson 16Replacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 45PR 17Sekope Kepu 16LK 18Dean Mumm 49N8 19Richard Brown 66SH 20Luke Burgess 63WG 21Lachie TurnerCE 22James O'Connor 73Coach:NZL Robbie Deans Cardiff Blues (un-capped) 24 November 2009 19:35 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) Cardiff Blues 3–31 AUS Reporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8308331.stm Cardiff Blues 3-31 Australia 24 November 2009 14 September 2017 BBC News Pen: Blair (1/1) 3' Try: Cross 4' cBeale (2) 38' c, 80' cMorahan 76' cCon: O'Connor (4/4) 6', 40', 77', 80'Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 21' Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff 14,622 James Jones (Wales) FB 15NZL Ben Blair 63RW 14WAL Richard MustoeOC 13WAL Gareth Thomas 2 9IC 12WAL Dafydd Hewitt LW 11WAL Chris CzekajFH 10AUS Sam Norton-KnightSH 9 WAL Gareth Cooper 40N8 8 NZL Xavier Rush (c)OF 7 AUS Ben White 40BF 6 WAL Sam WarburtonRL 5 WAL Scott Morgan 40LL 4 WAL Deiniol JonesTP 3 WAL Gary Powell 45 63HK 2 WAL T. Rhys Thomas 71LP 1 TON Taufaʻao Filise 63Substitutions:HK 16WAL Rhys Williams 71PR 17WAL Sam Hobbs 45LK 18NZL Paul Tito 40FL 19WAL Robin Sowden-Taylor 40SH 20WAL Richie Rees 40FH 21WAL Ceri Sweeney 63CE 22WAL Gavin Evans 2 9Coach:WAL Dai Young FB 15James O'ConnorRW 14Lachlan TurnerOC 13Ryan Cross 62IC 12Tyrone SmithLW 11Kurtley BealeFH 10Matt To'omua 2SH 9 Luke Burgess 74N8 8 Richard Brown 47 57OF 7 Matt Hodgson 68 78BF 6 Mitchell Chapman 31RL 5 Dean Mumm (c)LL 4 Dave DennisTP 3 Sekope Kepu 60HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 63LP 1 Pekahou Cowan 29 63Substitutions:PR 16Salesi Ma'afu 29PR 17Matt Dunning 60LK 18Mark ChisholmFL 19George Smith 31SH 20Richard Kingi 74FH 21Quade Cooper 2WG 22Luke Morahan 62Coach:NZL Robbie Deans Wales 28 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) WAL 12–33 AUS Reporthttp://www.scrum.com/australiatour/rugby/match/100248.html Wales v Australia ESPN scrum 14 September 2017 Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 21' 30' 40' Halfpenny (1/1) 17'Hook (0/1) Try: Ioane 7' mHorwill 19' mPocock 24' cPolota-Nau 62' cCon: Giteau (2/4) 25', 63'Pen: Giteau (3/3) 2' 31' 57' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Wayne Barnes (England) FB 15James HookRW 14Leigh Halfpenny 28OC 13Jamie RobertsIC 12Jonathan Davies LW 11Shane Williams 5FH 10Stephen JonesSH 9 Dwayne Peel 10 15 72N8 8 Andy Powell 60 65OF 7 Martyn WilliamsBF 6 Dan Lydiate 48 60 65RL 5 Luke Charteris 49LL 4 Alun Wyn JonesTP 3 Paul James 48HK 2 Matthew Rees 30LP 1 Gethin Jenkins (c)Replacements:HK 16Huw Bennett 30PR 17Duncan Jones 48LK 18Jonathan Thomas 49FL 19Sam Warburton 48SH 20Martin Roberts 10 15 72WG 21Andrew Bishop 28WG 22Tom James 5Coach:NZL Warren Gatland FB 15Adam Ashley-CooperRW 14Peter Hynes 64 OC 13Digby IoaneIC 12Quade Cooper LW 11Drew Mitchell 70FH 10Matt GiteauSH 9 Will Genia 79N8 8 Wycliff Palu 70OF 7 David Pocock 40 BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c)RL 5 Dean MummLL 4 James HorwillTP 3 Ben Alexander 73HK 2 Stephen Moore 55LP 1 Benn RobinsonReplacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 55PR 17Matt Dunning 73N8 18Mark Chisholm 70FL 19George Smith 40SH 20Luke Burgess 79WG 21James O'Connor 64WG 22Kurtley Beale 70Coach:NZL 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 To'omua was called up to cover for him. Note: Caps and date of ages are to opening tour match on 31 October 2009. HK Stephen Moore 2009 10 31 1983 1 20 y 41 Brumbies Australia HK Tatafu Polota-Nau 2009 10 31 1985 7 26 y 18 Waratahs Australia PR Ben Alexander 2009 10 31 1984 11 13 y 13 Brumbies Australia PR Pekahau Cowan 2009 10 31 1986 6 2 y 3 Western Force Australia PR Matt Dunning 2009 10 31 1978 12 19 y 32 Waratahs Australia PR Sekope Kepu 2009 10 31 1986 2 5 y 2 Waratahs Australia PR Salesi Ma'afu 2009 10 31 1983 3 22 y 0 Brumbies Australia PR Benn Robinson 2009 10 31 1984 7 19 y 26 Waratahs Australia LK Mark Chisholm 2009 10 31 1981 9 18 y 43 Brumbies Australia LK Dave Dennis 2009 10 31 1986 1 10 y 0 Waratahs Australia LK James Horwill 2009 10 31 1985 5 29 y 19 Reds Australia LK Dean Mumm 2009 10 31 1984 3 5 y 16 Waratahs Australia FL Mitchell Chapman 2009 10 31 1983 3 15 y 0 Brumbies Australia FL Rocky Elsom (c) 2009 10 31 1983 2 14 y 44 Brumbies Australia FL Matt Hodgson 2009 10 31 1981 6 25 y 0 Western Force Australia FL David Pocock 2009 10 31 1988 4 23 y 11 Western Force Australia FL George Smith 2009 10 31 1980 7 14 y 105 Brumbies Australia N8 Richard Brown 2009 10 31 1984 8 28 y 11 Western Force Australia N8 Wycliff Palu 2009 10 31 1982 7 27 y 28 Waratahs Australia SH Luke Burgess 2009 10 31 1983 8 20 y 19 Waratahs Australia SH Will Genia 2009 10 31 1988 1 17 y 6 Reds Australia SH Richard Kingi 2009 10 31 1989 3 17 y 0 Reds Australia FH Quade Cooper 2009 10 31 1988 4 5 y 7 Reds Australia FH Matt Giteau 2009 10 31 1982 9 29 y 73 Western Force Australia FH Matt To'omua 2009 10 31 1990 1 2 y 0 Brumbies Australia CE Berrick Barnes (vc) 2009 10 31 1986 5 28 y 21 Reds Australia CE Ryan Cross 2009 10 31 1979 7 17 y 17 Western Force Australia CE Rob Horne 2009 10 31 1989 8 15 y 0 Waratahs Australia CE Stirling Mortlock 2009 10 31 1977 5 20 y 80 Brumbies Australia CE Tyrone Smith 2009 10 31 1983 7 12 y 0 Brumbies Australia WG Peter Hynes 2009 10 31 1982 7 18 y 17 Reds Australia WG Digby Ioane 2009 10 31 1985 7 14 y 1 Reds Australia WG Drew Mitchell 2009 10 31 1984 3 26 y 37 Western Force Australia WG Luke Morahan 2009 10 31 1990 4 13 y 0 Reds Australia WG Lachlan Turner 2009 10 31 1987 5 11 y 11 Waratahs Australia FB Kurtley Beale 2009 10 31 1989 1 6 y 0 Waratahs Australia FB Adam Ashley-Cooper 2009 10 31 1984 3 27 y 32 Brumbies Australia FB James O'Connor 2009 10 31 1990 7 5 y 10 Western Force Australia Coaching staff Head Coach - NZL Robbie Deans Assistant Coach - AUS Jim Williams Skills Coach - AUS Richard Graham High Performance Director - AUS David Nucifora Statistics Key Con: Conversions Pen: Penalties DG: Drop goals Pts: Points NameNon-TestTestOverallCardsPlayedTriesConPenDGPtsPlayedTriesConPenDGPtsPlayedTriesConPenDGPtsMatt 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 To'omua100000––––––100000––Lachlan Turner100000––––––100000––Berrick Barnesdid not playRob Hornedid not playStirling Mortlockdid not play References expanded collapsed collapsed collapsed collapsed 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 Category:2009–10 in European rugby union Category:2009–10 in Irish rugby union Category:2009–10 in English rugby union Category:2009–10 in Welsh rugby union Category:2009–10 in Scottish rugby union Category:2009 in Australian rugby union 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009