2009 Australia national rugby union team tour explained

Tour:	2009 Australia tour of Japan, Great Britain and Ireland
Coach:	Robbie Deans
Captain:	Rocky Elsom
Top Point Scorer:	Matt Giteau (48)
Top Try Scorer:	Ryan Cross (4)
Top Test Point Scorer:	Matt Giteau (48)
Top Test Try Scorer:	10 players with 1 try
Matchplayed:	7
Matchwon:	4
Matchdraw:	1
Matchlost:	2
Testplayed:	5
Testwon:	2
Testdraw:	1
Testlost:	2
Played1:	1
Won1:	0
Draw1:	0
Lost1:	1
Played2:	1
Won2:	1
Draw2:	0
Lost2:	0
Played3:	1
Won3:	0
Draw3:	1
Lost3:	0
Played4:	1
Won4:	0
Draw4:	0
Lost4:	1
Played5:	1
Won5:	1
Draw5:	0
Lost5:	0
Previous:	2008

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

The Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Date	Score	Away team	Venue	Staus
31 October	32-19		National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Bledisloe Cup
2 November	5-36	XV	Kingsholm, Gloucester	Tour Match
7 November	9-18		Twickenham, London	Test Match
15 November	20-20		Croke Park, Dublin	Test Match
21 November	9-8		Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	Test Match
24 November	3-31	XV	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff	Tour Match
28 November	12-33		Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Test Match

Matches

New Zealand


FB	15	James O'Connor
RW	14
OC	13	Ryan Cross
IC	12
LW	11	Digby Ioane
FH	10	Matt Giteau
SH	9	Will Genia
N8	8
OF	7	David Pocock
BF	6	Rocky Elsom (c)
RL	5
LL	4	James Horwill
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17	Matt Dunning
LK	18
N8	19
SH	20	Luke Burgess
FH	21	Drew Mitchell
CE	22	Quade Cooper
Coach:
Robbie Deans


FB	15	Mils Muliaina
RW	14	Cory Jane
OC	13	Conrad Smith
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	Jimmy Cowan
N8	8
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)
BF	6	Adam Thomson
RL	5
LL	4	Brad Thorn
TP	3
HK	2	Andrew Hore
LP	1	Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK	16	Corey Flynn
PR	17
LK	18
N8	19
SH	20	Brendon Leonard
FH	21
CE	22	Tamati Ellison
Coach:
Graham Henry

Assistant referees:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Television Match Official:
Akihisa Aso (Japan)

Gloucester (un-capped)


FB	15
RW	14	Charlie Sharples
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Tom Voyce
FH	10	Carlos Spencer
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Akapusi Qera
BF	6	Jake Boer (c)
RL	5
LL	4	Will James
TP	3	Pierre Capdevielle
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutions:
HK	16	Ben Phillips
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
CE	21
WG	22
Coach:
Bryan Redpath


FB	15	Kurtley Beale
RW	14	Lachlan Turner
OC	13	Ryan Cross
IC	12	Tyrone Smith
LW	11	Drew Mitchell
FH	10	Quade Cooper
SH	9	Luke Burgess
N8	8	Richard Brown
OF	7	Matt Hodgson
BF	6
RL	5	Dave Dennis
LL	4	Dean Mumm (c)
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Sekope Kepu
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18	Mark Chisholm
N8	19	Wycliff Palu
SH	20	Richard Kingi
FH	21	Matt To'omua
FB	22	James O'Connor
Coach:
Robbie Deans

England


FB	15	Ugo Monye
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Matt Banahan
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Lewis Moody
BF	6	Tom Croft
RL	5	Steve Borthwick (c)
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Tim Payne
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18	Courtney Lawes
N8	19
SH	20
FH	21	Andy Goode
CE	22
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Drew Mitchell
FH	10	Matt Giteau
SH	9	Will Genia
N8	8
OF	7	George Smith
BF	6	Rocky Elsom (c)
RL	5
LL	4	James Horwill
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20	Luke Burgess
CE	21
FB	22	James O'Connor
Coach:
Robbie Deans

Ireland


FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara
SH	9	Tomás O'Leary
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Paul O'Connell
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan
TP	3
HK	2	Jerry Flannery
LP	1	Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin
PR	17	Tom Court
LK	18	Leo Cullen
FL	19
SH	20	Eoin Reddan
FH	21	Johnny Sexton
WG	22
Coach:
Declan Kidney


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	Digby Ioane
IC	12
LW	11	Drew Mitchell
FH	10	Matt Giteau
SH	9	Will Genia
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Rocky Elsom (c)
RL	5	Mark Chisholm
LL	4	James Horwill
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17	Matt Dunning
LK	18	Dean Mumm
FL	19
SH	20	Luke Burgess
FH	21	Ryan Cross
FB	22
Coach:
Robbie Deans

Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll became the 11th player in history to make his 100th Test appearance.

Scotland


FB	15	Rory Lamont
RW	14
OC	13	Alex Grove
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Phil Godman
SH	9	Chris Cusiter (c)
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
FL	18
N8	19
SH	20
FB	21
CE	22
Coach:
Andy Robinson


FB	15	Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW	14	Peter Hynes
OC	13	Ryan Cross
IC	12
LW	11	Drew Mitchell
FH	10	Matt Giteau
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Rocky Elsom (c)
RL	5
LL	4	James Horwill
TP	3
HK	2	Stephen Moore
LP	1	Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau
PR	17
LK	18
N8	19
SH	20
WG	21	Lachie Turner
CE	22	James O'Connor
Coach:
Robbie Deans

Cardiff Blues (un-capped)


FB	15
RW	14	Richard Mustoe
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Chris Czekaj
FH	10	Sam Norton-Knight
SH	9
N8	8	Xavier Rush (c)
OF	7
BF	6	Sam Warburton
RL	5
LL	4	Deiniol Jones
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutions:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
Coach:
Dai Young


FB	15	James O'Connor
RW	14	Lachlan Turner
OC	13
IC	12	Tyrone Smith
LW	11	Kurtley Beale
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Dean Mumm (c)
LL	4	Dave Dennis
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutions:
PR	16
PR	17
LK	18	Mark Chisholm
FL	19
SH	20
FH	21
WG	22
Coach:
Robbie Deans

Wales


FB	15	James Hook
RW	14
OC	13	Jamie Roberts
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Stephen Jones
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Martyn Williams
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Alun Wyn Jones
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Gethin Jenkins (c)
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
LK	18
FL	19
SH	20
WG	21
WG	22
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW	14
OC	13	Digby Ioane
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Matt Giteau
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Rocky Elsom (c)
RL	5	Dean Mumm
LL	4	James Horwill
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
N8	18
FL	19
SH	20
WG	21
WG	22
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 To'omua was called up to cover for him.

Note: Caps and date of ages are to opening tour match on 31 October 2009.

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

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2009 Australia national rugby union team tour".

Name	Non-Test						Test						Overall						Cards
Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Matt Giteau	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	6	12	0	48	5	0	6	12	0	48	–	–
Ryan Cross	2	3	0	0	0	15	3	1	0	0	0	5	6	1	4	1	0	16	–	–
Quade Cooper	2	1	4	1	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	2	0	16	–	–
James O'Connor	1	0		4	1	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	1	0	11	–	–
Drew Mitchell		2	1	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	0	10	–	–
Kurtley Beale	2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	10	–	–
Tatafu Polota-Nau	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	5	7	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Adam Ashley-Cooper	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Rocky Elsom	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Will Genia	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
James Horwill	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Peter Hynes	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Digby Ioane	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
David Pocock	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Tyrone Smith	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Luke Morahan	1	1	0	0	0	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Dean Mumm	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
George Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Ben Alexander	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Mark Chisholm	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Stephen Moore	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Wycliff Palu	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	–
Benn Robinson	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Luke Burgess	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Matt Dunning	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Richard Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	–
Sekope Kepu	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Mitchell Chapman	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Pekahau Cowan	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Dave Dennis	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Matt Hodgson	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	–
Salesi Ma'afu	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Richard Kingi	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Matt To'omua	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Lachlan Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Berrick Barnes	did not play
Rob Horne	did not play
Stirling Mortlock	did not play