2000 end-of-year rugby union internationals

February 2018 The 2000 end-of-year tests, known in the northern hemisphere as the 2000 Autumn Internationals, was a series of international rugby union matches played in November and December 2000. The hosts were Six Nations Championship countries England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales, and Southern Hemisphere side Argentina. Argentina also participated as a touring side, along with Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Samoa, South Africa and the USA. France and New Zealand contested the Dave Gallaher Trophy for the first time, in a two-match series. New Zealand took a 1–0 series lead in the first match at the Stade de France in Paris, with France levelling the series after a 42–33 win in Marseille – the first ever test match in the Stade Vélodrome. New Zealand won the trophy on account of their higher aggregate score over the two matches. The match between England and Australia saw the Six Nations champions play the Tri-Nations champions. England won thanks to an injury-time try by Dan Luger, and claimed the Cook Cup for the first time. It was England's first victory over Australia in the professional era. Days later, England's players went on strike over a dispute with the Rugby Football Union over pay. This nearly led to coach Clive Woodward selecting a second-choice squad for the following weekend's match against Argentina, but the disagreement was ultimately resolved and the strike ended in time for the affected players to be selected.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/1033634.stm England rugby stars on strike 27 November 2014 Matches Week 1 Saturday 4 November 2000 15:00 GMT IRE 78–9 Report JPN Clohessy Henderson Hickie (3) Howe (2) Murphy O'Driscoll (2) Stringer O'Gara (10) O'Gara Hirose (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 15,000 Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) Saturday 4 November 2000 19:45 (18:45 GMT) FRA 13–18 Report AUS Galthié Lamaison Lamaison (2) Burke (6) Stade de France, Paris 68,000 Paul Honiss (New Zealand) Saturday 4 November 2000 18:45 GMT SCO 53–6 Report USA Leslie (2) Paterson Pountney Townsend (2) Townsend (4) Townsend (5) Wells (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 35,638 Pablo Deluca (Argentina) First test match between Scotland and the United States. Week 2 Saturday 11 November 2000 14:00 (13:00 GMT) ITA 17–22 Report CAN Dallan Mazzariol (3) Pez Wirachowski Barker Barker (4) Barker Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo 4,000 Didier Mené (France) Saturday 11 November 2000 14:00 GMT SCO 9–30 Report AUS Townsend (3) Burke Latham Roff Burke (3) Burke (3) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 64,103 Chris White (England) Australia retain the Hopetoun Cup. Saturday 11 November 2000 16:00 GMT WAL 50–6 Report SAM Bateman Gough Taylor Shane Williams (2) penalty try Arwel Thomas (4) Arwel Thomas (4) Patu Sanft Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 65,000 Stuart Dickinson (Australia) Saturday 11 November 2000 19:45 (18:45 GMT) FRA 26–39 Report NZ Pelous Bernat-Salles Lamaison (2) Lamaison (4) Cullen Howlett Mehrtens Mehrtens (9) Stade de France, Paris 78,531 Wayne Erickson (Australia) Sunday 12 November 2000 19:45 (22:45 GMT) ARG 33–37 Report RSA Arbizu Contepomi Orengo Quesada (3) Quesada (4) Andrews Fleck Paulse (2) Van Straaten Montgomery (3) Van Straaten (2) River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires 60,000 Scott Young (Australia) Week 3 18 November 2000 WAL 42–11 ReportWales 42 USA 11 https://www.wru.wales/report/wales-42-usa-11/ WRU 11 October 2024Awesome Arwel lifts the gloom https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/1027921.stm BBC Sport 11 October 2024Wales and Scotland enjoy international wins https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2000/1118/152653-roundup2/ RTE 11 October 2024 USA James (2) Taylor Thomas Williams Jenkins Delai Thomas (2) Jenkins Thomas (2) Wells (2) Millennium Stadium 33,000 Ian Ramage (Scotland) Saturday 18 November 2000 14:00 (13:00 GMT) ITA 37–17 Report ROM Caione (2) Lo Cicero Martin Pez Raineri Troncon Preo Ghioc Septar Mitu (2) Mitu Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento 3,260 Joël Jutge (France) Saturday 18 November 2000 14:30 GMT ENG 22–19 Report AUS Luger 80+8' c Wilkinson 80+9' Wilkinson 7', 13', 27', 55' Wilkinson 40+2' Burke 42' c Burke 43' Burke 19', 23', 46' Twickenham Stadium, London 74,000 André Watson (South Africa) England win the Cook Cup. Saturday 18 November 2000 15:00 GMT SCO 31–8 Report SAM Petrie Logan Smith Bulloch Townsend (3) Patu Sanft Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 43,447 Ian Hyde-Lay (Canada) Saturday 18 November 2000 19:45 (18:45 GMT) FRA 42–33 Report NZ Galthié Garbajosa Magne Lamaison (3) Lamaison (5) Lamaison (2) Howlett Marshall Slater Mehrtens (3) Mehrtens (4) Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 76,000 Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) Series drawn 1–1. New Zealand won the inaugural Dave Gallaher Trophy. Sunday 19 November 2000 14:00 GMT IRE 18–28 Report RSA Hickie Howe O'Gara O'Gara (2) Krige Van der Westhuizen Venter Montgomery Van Straaten Montgomery (2) Van Straaten Lansdowne Road, Dublin 50,000 Steve Lander (England) Week 4 Saturday 25 November 2000 14:30 ITA 19–56 Report NZL Lo Cicero Saviozzi Pez (3) Cribb (2) Howlett Marshall Reihana (2) Spencer Tiatia Spencer (5) Spencer (2) Stadio Marassi, Genova 44,500 Robert Davies (Wales) Saturday 25 November 2000 14:30 ENG 19–0 Report ARG Cohen Wilkinson Wilkinson (3) Twickenham Stadium, London 60,000 Alan Lewis (Ireland) Sunday 26 November 2000 15:00 GMT WAL 13–23 Report RSA Gibbs Neil Jenkins Neil Jenkins Arwel Thomas Van der Westhuizen, Paulse Van Straaten (2) Van Straaten (3) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,500 Steve Walsh (New Zealand) Week 5 Saturday 2 December 2000 14:30 GMT ENG 25–17 Report RSA Greenwood Wilkinson Wilkinson (6) Van Straaten Van Straaten (4) Twickenham Stadium, London 70,200 David McHugh (Ireland) References 2000 Category:2000–01 in European rugby union Category:2000 in Oceanian rugby union Category:2000 in North American rugby union Category:2000 in South American rugby union Category:2000 in South African rugby union Category:2000–01 in Japanese rugby union