2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia

none March 2014 May 2020 June 2012 October 2012 Rob Howley Sam Warburton Leigh Halfpenny (41) 10 players with 1 try Leigh Halfpenny (41) 7 players with 1 try 5 2 0 3 4 1 0 3 AUS 3 0 0 3 Barbarians 1 1 0 0 2010 New Zealand Japan 2013 In June 2012, Wales toured Australia as part of the 2012 mid-year rugby test series. They faced Australia in a series of three internationals across the eastern states, starting at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, then moving on to Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, before finishing in Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium. In addition, they played a tour match against one of Australia's domestic clubs, the Brumbies, at Canberra Stadium. Before flying to Australia, Wales also held a one-off match at home so that Rob Howley, the caretaker coach, could finalise the squad. This was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff against the Barbarians. During this tour, Wales were attempting to regain the James Bevan Trophy they lost in 2009, when Australia beat them 33–12 in Cardiff. They had won it the previous year, 21–18. However, the last time Wales beat Australia in Australia was in 1969, when they won 19–16. This tour was the most keenly anticipated rugby tour of the 2012 tours, with Wales going into it as Grand Slam winners of the 2012 Six Nations and Australia as winners of the 2011 Tri Nations. Wales lost the series 3–0, continuing their history of not having won in Australia for 43 years. However, all matches were close encounters, and they scored 61 points to Australia's 72. They also played a return match in Cardiff in the 2012 Autumn Internationals that ended in a similar narrow defeat, 14–12. In the last three matches between the two teams, Wales led with five minutes to go and Australia snatched victory from them. Schedule Date Venue Home Score Away 2 June Millennium Stadium, Cardiff WAL 30–21 Barbarians 9 June Lang Park, Brisbane AUS 27–19 WAL 12 June Canberra Stadium, Canberra Brumbies Australian Capital Territory 15–25 WAL 16 June Docklands Stadium, Melbourne AUS 25–23 WAL 23 June Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney AUS 20–19 WAL Squads Wales Towards the end of May, the bulk of the Welsh squad left for Australia, leaving a handful of players to face the Barbarians. After Wales' win over the Barbarians, the few players who had earned their place in the squad during the game left for Australia to join up with the team. Caretaker coach Rob Howley announced a 35-man squad to take to Australia. Coach: WAL Rob Howley (caretaker) HK Richard Hibbard 2012 6 9 1983 12 13 y 16 Ospreys WAL HK Ken Owens 2012 6 9 1987 1 3 y 5 Scarlets WAL HK Matthew Rees 2012 6 9 1980 12 9 y 51 Scarlets WAL PR Rhys Gill 2012 6 9 1986 10 30 y 3 Saracens ENG PR Paul James 2012 6 9 1982 5 13 y 35 Ospreys WAL PR Gethin Jenkins 2012 6 9 1980 11 17 y 87 Cardiff Blues WAL PR Adam Jones 2012 6 9 1981 3 8 y 80 Ospreys WAL PR Rhodri Jones 2012 6 9 1991 12 23 y 1 Scarlets WAL LK Luke Charteris 2012 6 9 1983 3 9 y 34 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL LK Bradley Davies 2012 6 9 1987 1 9 y 33 Cardiff Blues WAL LK Ian Evans 2012 6 9 1984 10 4 y 23 Ospreys WAL LK Alun Wyn Jones 2012 6 9 1985 9 19 y 63 Ospreys WAL FL Dan Lydiate 2012 6 9 1987 12 18 y 24 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL FL Aaron Shingler 2012 6 9 1987 8 7 y 2 Scarlets WAL FL Justin Tipuric 2012 6 9 1989 8 6 y 5 Ospreys WAL FL Josh Turnbull 2012 6 9 1988 3 12 y 4 Scarlets WAL FL Sam Warburton (c) 2012 6 9 1988 10 5 y 27 Cardiff Blues WAL N8 Gareth Delve 2012 6 9 1982 12 30 y 11 Melbourne Rebels AUS N8 Taulupe Faletau 2012 6 9 1990 11 12 y 16 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL N8 Ryan Jones 2012 6 9 1981 3 13 y 64 Ospreys WAL SH Mike Phillips 2012 6 9 1982 8 29 y 65 Bayonne FRA SH Rhys Webb 2012 6 9 1988 12 9 y 2 Ospreys WAL SH Lloyd Williams 2012 6 9 1989 11 30 y 8 Cardiff Blues WAL FH James Hook 2012 6 9 1985 6 27 y 63 Perpignan FRA FH Rhys Priestland 2012 6 9 1987 1 9 y 15 Scarlets WAL CE Ashley Beck 2012 6 9 1990 4 15 y 0 Ospreys WAL CE Andrew Bishop 2012 6 9 1985 8 7 y 16 Ospreys WAL CE Jonathan Davies 2012 6 9 1988 4 5 y 26 Scarlets WAL CE Scott Williams 2012 6 9 1990 10 10 y 12 Scarlets WAL WG Aled Brew 2012 6 9 1986 8 9 y 9 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL WG Alex Cuthbert 2012 6 9 1990 4 5 y 6 Cardiff Blues WAL WG George North 2012 6 9 1992 4 13 y 21 Scarlets WAL WG Harry Robinson 2012 6 9 1993 4 16 y 1 Cardiff Blues WAL FB Leigh Halfpenny 2012 6 9 1988 12 22 y 32 Cardiff Blues WAL FB Liam Williams 2012 6 9 1991 4 9 y 1 Scarlets WAL Australia Robbie Deans announced his squad to face Wales at the beginning of June. The public already knew that James O'Connor, Kurtley Beale and usual captain James Horwill would all be out of the tour due to injury. From this, Robbie Deans was able to announce his 40-man squad. On 19 June, it was revealed that Beale would return for the third and final test against Wales. Head coach: NZL Robbie Deans yes yes HK Saia Fainga'a 2012 6 9 1987 2 2 y 16 Reds HK Stephen Moore 2012 6 9 1983 1 20 y 69 Brumbies HK Tatafu Polota-Nau 2012 6 9 1985 7 26 y 34 Waratahs PR Ben Alexander 2012 6 9 1984 11 13 y 39 Brumbies PR Sekope Kepu 2012 6 9 1986 2 5 y 16 Western Force PR Salesi Ma'afu 2012 6 9 1983 3 26 y 14 Western Force PR Dan Palmer 2012 6 9 1988 9 13 y 1 Brumbies PR Benn Robinson 2012 6 9 1984 7 19 y 44 Waratahs PR James Slipper 2012 6 9 1989 6 6 y 23 Reds LK Kane Douglas 2012 6 9 1989 6 1 y 0 Waratahs LK Cadeyrn Neville 2012 6 9 1988 11 9 y 0 Melbourne Rebels LK Hugh Pyle 2012 6 9 1988 9 21 y 0 Melbourne Rebels LK Nathan Sharpe 2012 6 9 1978 2 26 y 104 Western Force LK Rob Simmons 2012 6 9 1989 4 19 y 19 Reds LK Sitaleki Timani 2012 6 9 1986 9 19 y 2 Waratahs FL Dave Dennis 2012 6 9 1986 1 10 y 3 Waratahs FL Scott Higginbotham 2012 6 9 1986 9 5 y 14 Reds FL Michael Hooper 2012 6 9 1990 3 24 y 2 Brumbies FL David Pocock (c) 2012 6 9 1988 4 23 y 43 Western Force N8 Ben McCalman 2012 6 9 1988 3 18 y 21 Western Force N8 Ben Mowen 2012 6 9 1984 12 1 y 0 Brumbies N8 Wycliff Palu 2012 6 9 1982 7 27 y 40 Waratahs SH Will Genia 2012 6 9 1988 1 17 y 37 Reds SH Nick Phipps 2012 6 9 1989 1 9 y 3 Melbourne Rebels SH Nic White 2012 6 9 1990 6 13 y 0 Brumbies FH Berrick Barnes 2012 6 9 1986 5 28 y 40 Waratahs FH Quade Cooper 2012 6 9 1988 4 5 y 35 Queensland Reds FH Bernard Foley 2012 6 9 1989 9 8 y 0 Waratahs CE Anthony Fainga'a 2012 6 9 1987 2 2 y 17 Reds CE Mike Harris 2012 6 9 1988 7 8 y 2 Reds CE Rob Horne 2012 6 9 1989 8 15 y 11 Waratahs CE Pat McCabe 2012 6 9 1988 3 21 y 13 Brumbies WG Digby Ioane 2012 6 9 1985 7 14 y 24 Reds WG Dom Shipperley 2012 6 9 1991 10 16 y 0 Reds WG Joe Tomane 2012 6 9 1990 2 2 y 1 Brumbies WG Cooper Vuna 2012 6 9 1987 7 5 y 2 Melbourne Rebels FB Adam Ashley-Cooper 2012 6 9 1984 3 27 y 66 Waratahs FB Kurtley Beale 2012 6 9 1989 1 6 y 24 Melbourne Rebels FB Jesse Mogg 2012 6 9 1989 6 8 y 0 Brumbies FB Luke Morahan 2012 6 9 1991 8 28 y 1 Reds Warm-up matches Wales vs Barbarians 2 June 2012 14:00 BST (UTC+01) WAL 30–21 Reporthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/18309114 Wales 30-21 Barbarians 2 June 2012 14 September 2017 BBC Barbarians Robinson 10' cHook 71' cBrew 79' c Hook (3/3) 11', 72', 80' Hook (3/3) 4', 25', 51' Donald (2) 27' c, 59' cRees 36' c Donald (3/3) 28', 37', 60' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 57,565 Alain Rolland (Ireland) FB 15Liam WilliamsRW 14Harry Robinson 35 44 68OC 13Andrew BishopIC 12James HookLW 11Aled BrewFH 10Dan Biggar 64SH 9 Lloyd Williams 51N8 8 Ryan Jones 51OF 7 Justin TipuricBF 6 Josh Turnbull RL 5 Ian EvansLL 4 Alun Wyn Jones 45TP 3 Rhodri Jones 44HK 2 Matthew Rees (c) 68LP 1 Rhys Gill 34Replacements:HK 16Richard Hibbard 68PR 17Paul James 35LK 18Aaron Shingler 51FL 19Martyn Williams 45SH 20Rhys Webb 51CE 21Adam Warren 64FB 22Will Harries 68Coach:Rob Howley350px FB 15NZL Mils Muliaina 66RW 14FIJ Isa NacewaOC 13ENG Mike Tindall 46IC 12NZL Casey LaulalaLW 11WAL Shane WilliamsFH 10NZL Stephen DonaldSH 9 WAL Richie Rees 56N8 8 SCO Johnnie BeattieOF 7 GEO Mamuka Gorgodze 56BF 6 RSA Francois LouwRL 5 AUS Mark ChisholmLL 4 IRE rugby union Mick O'Driscoll 40TP 3 RSA John Smit (c) 46HK 2 FRA Benoît August 40LP 1 WAL Duncan JonesReplacements:HK 16NZL Aled de Malmanche 40PR 17NZL Neemia Tialata 46LK 18RSA Anton van Zyl 40N8 19FIJ Akapusi Qera 56SH 20SCO Rory Lawson 56WG 21SAM Sailosi Tagicakibau 46FB 22FRA Cédric Heymans 66Coach:John Kirwan Notes: The Welsh Rugby Union announced that this would be a fully capped match.http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/22206.php Williams Set to Reach 100 Caps Graeme Gillespie Welsh Rugby Union 8 May 2012 11 May 2012 As a result, Martyn Williams became the third Welsh player to reach 100 caps when he came off the bench. It was also announced that this match would see the last international appearances for Martyn Williams and Wales top try-scorer Shane Williams. Four players made their full international debuts for Wales: Rhodri Jones, Harry Robinson, Liam Williams and Adam Warren. Brumbies vs Wales 12 June 2012 19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Brumbies Australian Capital Territory 15–25 Reporthttp://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_7808755,00.html Planet Rugby - Reports and Previews - Wales hang on in Canberra 6 January 2014 14 September 2017 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20140106135731/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_7808755,00.html 6 January 2014 WAL Holmes (5/6) 10', 38', 56', 62', 66' Hook 19' cTipuric 31' cA.W. Jones 40' m Hook (2/3) 20', 32' Hook (2/2) 69', 76' Canberra Stadium, Canberra 8,000 Ian Smith (Australia) FB 15Robbie Coleman 54RW 14Cam CrawfordOC 13Tevita KuridraniIC 12Andrew SmithLW 11Kimami SitautiFH 10Zack HolmesSH 9 Ian Prior 31N8 8 Ita Vaea 52OF 7 Colby FaingaaBF 6 Peter KimlinRL 5 Ben Hand (c)LL 4 Leon Power 52TP 3 Scott Sio 31HK 2 Anthony Hegarty LP 1 Ruaidhri MurphyReplacements:HK 16Siliva SilivaPR 17JP Pradaud 31LK 18Dylan Sigg 52LK 19Fotu Auelua 52SH 20Beau Mokoputo 31FH 21Tom Cox 54WG 22Jesse MoggCoach:Jake White FB 15Liam WilliamsRW 14Harry RobinsonOC 13Andrew BishopIC 12Ashley BeckLW 11Aled Brew 40FH 10James HookSH 9 Rhys WebbN8 8 Aaron Shingler 30OF 7 Justin TipuricBF 6 Josh TurnbullRL 5 Luke CharterisLL 4 Alun Wyn Jones (c) 40TP 3 Rhodri JonesHK 2 Richard Hibbard 71LP 1 Paul James 45Replacements:HK 16Ken Owens 71PR 17Rhys Gill 45LK 18Ian Evans 40N8 19Gareth Delve 30SH 20Lloyd Williams 62FH 21Rhys PriestlandWG 22Alex Cuthbert 40 62Coach:Rob Howley Touch judges: Andrew Lees (Australia) Will Houston (Australia) Test matches First test 9 June 2012 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 27–19 ReportPlanet Rugby Reports and Previews Australia bounce back in Brisbane http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_7802790,00.html planetrugby.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120610180125/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_7802790,00.html 2012-06-10 9 June 2012 dead WAL Higginbotham 14' c Genia 40' c McCabe 66' c Barnes (3/3) 15', 42', 67' Barnes (1/3) 8' Barnes (1/1) 49' Cuthbert 57' c Halfpenny (1/1) 59' Halfpenny (4/4) 21', 45', 55', 62' Lang Park, Brisbane 43,000 Craig Joubert (South Africa) FB 15Adam Ashley-CooperRW 14Cooper Vuna OC 13Rob Horne 51IC 12Pat McCabeLW 11Digby IoaneFH 10Berrick Barnes SH 9 Will GeniaN8 8 Wycliff Palu 59OF 7 David Pocock (c) 55BF 6 Scott HigginbothamRL 5 Nathan Sharpe 65LL 4 Rob SimmonsTP 3 Sekope Kepu 38HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 56LP 1 Benn Robinson 59Replacements:HK 16Stephen Moore 56PR 17Ben Alexander 59LK 18Dave Dennis 65FL 19Michael Hooper 59SH 20Nic WhiteCE 21Anthony Fainga'a 51CE 22Mike HarrisCoach:Robbie Deans350px FB 15Leigh HalfpennyRW 14Alex CuthbertOC 13Jonathan DaviesIC 12Scott Williams 55LW 11George North 28FH 10Rhys PriestlandSH 9 Mike PhillipsN8 8 Taulupe Faletau 51 OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)BF 6 Dan Lydiate RL 5 Luke Charteris 51 LL 4 Bradley Davies TP 3 Adam Jones 75HK 2 Ken Owens 51 LP 1 Gethin JenkinsReplacements:HK 16Matthew Rees 51 PR 17Paul James 75LK 18Alun Wyn Jones 51N8 19Ryan Jones 51SH 20Lloyd WilliamsFH 21James Hook 28CE 22Ashley Beck 55Coach:Rob Howley Touch judges: Keith Brown (New Zealand) Garratt Williamson (New Zealand) Television match official: Vinny Munro (New Zealand) Notes Cooper Vuna (Australia) and Ashley Beck (Wales) made their international debuts. Second test 16 June 2012 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 25–23 ReportPlanet Rugby Reports and Previews Harris wins it for Wallabies http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_7817368,00.html planetrugby.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120619073958/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_7817368,00.html 2012-06-19 16 June 2012 dead WAL Horne 38' c Barnes (1/1) 39' Barnes (5/6) 19', 29', 47', 58', 64' Harris (1/1) 80' North 4' cDavies 43' c Halfpenny (2/2) 3', 44' Halfpenny (3/3) 49', 60', 66' Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 33,880 Chris Pollock (New Zealand) FB 15Adam Ashley-CooperRW 14Cooper Vuna 59 70OC 13Rob HorneIC 12Pat McCabeLW 11Digby IoaneFH 10Berrick Barnes 72SH 9 Will Genia N8 8 Wycliff Palu 54OF 7 David Pocock (c)BF 6 Scott HigginbothamRL 5 Nathan SharpeLL 4 Rob Simmons 69TP 3 Sekope Kepu HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 50LP 1 Benn Robinson 64Replacements:HK 16Stephen Moore 50PR 17Ben Alexander 64LK 18Dave Dennis 54FL 19Michael Hooper 69 SH 20Nic WhiteCE 21Anthony Fainga'a 70CE 22Mike Harris 72Coach:Robbie Deans350px FB 15Leigh HalfpennyRW 14Alex CuthbertOC 13Jonathan DaviesIC 12Ashley BeckLW 11George NorthFH 10Rhys PriestlandSH 9 Mike Phillips 65N8 8 Ryan Jones OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)BF 6 Dan LydiateRL 5 Alun Wyn Jones 67LL 4 Bradley DaviesTP 3 Adam JonesHK 2 Matthew Rees 66LP 1 Gethin JenkinsReplacements:HK 16Richard Hibbard 66PR 17Paul JamesLK 18Luke Charteris 67FL 19Justin TipuricSH 20Rhys Webb 65FH 21James HookCE 22Scott WilliamsCoach:Rob Howley Touch judges: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Garratt Williamson (New Zealand) Television match official: Vinny Munro (New Zealand) Third test 23 June 2012 15:00 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 20–19 ReportPlanet Rugby Rugby Union News, Live Rugby Scores, Results & Fixtures LIVE: Australia v Wales http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7836959,00.html planetrugby.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120626012825/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7836959,00.html 2012-06-26 23 June 2012 dead WAL Horne 64' m Barnes (5/5) 3', 9', 16', 38', 74' R. Jones 60' c Halfpenny (1/1) 61' Halfpenny (4/5) 7', 13', 24', 70' Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 42,889 Craig Joubert (South Africa) FB 15Kurtley BealeRW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Rob HorneIC 12Pat McCabe 34LW 11Digby IoaneFH 10Berrick BarnesSH 9 Will GeniaN8 8 Wycliff PaluOF 7 David Pocock (c)BF 6 Scott Higginbotham 56RL 5 Nathan SharpeLL 4 Sitaleki Timani 72TP 3 Sekope Kepu 56HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 56LP 1 Benn RobinsonReplacements:HK 16Stephen Moore 56PR 17Ben Alexander 56LK 18Rob Simmons 72LK 19Dave Dennis 56FL 20Michael HooperSH 21Nic WhiteCE 22Anthony Fainga'a 34Coach:Robbie Deans350px FB 15Leigh HalfpennyRW 14Alex CuthbertOC 13Jonathan DaviesIC 12Ashley Beck 65LW 11George NorthFH 10Rhys Priestland 69SH 9 Mike Phillips N8 8 Ryan Jones 49 56OF 7 Sam Warburton (c) 28BF 6 Dan LydiateRL 5 Alun Wyn Jones 65LL 4 Bradley DaviesTP 3 Adam JonesHK 2 Matthew Rees 65LP 1 Gethin Jenkins 40Replacements:HK 16Ken Owens 65PR 17Paul James 40LK 18Luke Charteris 49 56 65FL 19Justin Tipuric 28SH 20Rhys WebbFH 21James Hook 69CE 22Scott Williams 65Coach:Rob Howley See also 2012 mid-year rugby test series 2012 France rugby union tour of Argentina 2012 Scotland rugby union tour of Australia, Fiji and Samoa 2012 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand 2012 England rugby union tour of South Africa References Category:2012 in Australian rugby union Category:2011–12 in Welsh rugby union 2012 2012 Category:History of rugby union matches between Australia and Wales