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2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals

Rugby union tour

Rugby union tour

The 2009 end of year rugby internationals, also known as the Autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, saw Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina, tour the northern hemisphere.

The headline event of the series was an attempted Grand Slam tour of the Home Nations by Australia. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Wallabies' only previous Grand Slam tour, which saw the Wallabies sweep all four matches and saw David Campese, Mark Ella, Nick Farr-Jones, and Michael Lynagh achieve international prominence. Also, for the second consecutive year, a Bledisloe Cup match was contested by New Zealand and Australia outside of either country, this time in Tokyo. The final event of the series, the Barbarians' traditional Final Challenge, involved New Zealand, with the Barbarians winning over a mostly second-string All Blacks side.

For the first time since the inception of the IRB World Rankings in 2003, all of the top 20 teams in the rankings played matches in the November window. The only top-20 teams not playing in the November tours were Uruguay and the United States, which played a two-legged 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying tie during November.

This year's series was also marked by more non-Test matches pitting Test teams with top-level club teams than in recent years. Matches of this type are often called "midweek matches" because they are traditionally played at midweek, most often on Wednesday, although they can also be scheduled on a weekend when the touring team has no Test scheduled. Australia and South Africa both scheduled two such matches; the Wallabies won both of their matches comfortably, while the Springboks lost both of theirs.

Matches

Week 1

Smith 45' c

NZL Robbie Deans
NZL Graham Henry

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Week 2

Ashley-Cooper 72' c

ENG Martin Johnson
NZL Robbie Deans

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NZL Warren Gatland
NZL Graham Henry

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Week 3

Derbyshire 49' Sepe 67' Quartaroli 80'

Halfpenny

Parra (1/1) 78'

FRA Marc Lièvremont
RSA Peter de Villiers

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  • Ras Dumisani's controversial rendition of the South African national anthem before the game caused a minor diplomatic incident afterwards.
ENG Martin Johnson
ARG Santiago Phelan

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Morrison 51' c

ENG Andy Robinson
AUS Glen Ella

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Kikutani 37' c Aruga 39' c Tupuailei 48' c Onozawa 51' c Horie 75' c Arlidge (1/1)

  • Japan's victory saw them achieve their highest ever spot on the IRB World Rankings.

O'Driscoll 79' c Elsom 62' c

IRE Declan Kidney
NZL Robbie Deans

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  • Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll became the 11th player to reach 100 Test caps.

Week 4

Hatakeyama 20' c Leitch 48' c Goromaru 72' m Webb (1/1) Monro (1/1) 46'

Fourie 13' c Du Preez 52' c Olivier 72' c Pienaar

ENG Martin Johnson
NZL Graham Henry

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  • Dan Carter became the all-time leading Test point scorer for the All Blacks, surpassing Andrew Mehrtens.
NZL Warren Gatland
ARG Santiago Phelan

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O'Driscoll 45' c Kearney 67' c Horgan 76' c

IRE Declan Kidney
AUS Glen Ella

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ENG Andy Robinson
NZL Robbie Deans

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Week 5

Penalty try 77' c Gower 37' c

  • This was Italy's first win since June 2008, ending a 13-game losing streak.
IRE Declan Kidney
RSA Peter de Villiers

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ENG Andy Robinson
ARG Santiago Phelan

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Halfpenny (1/1) 17' Horwill 19' m Pocock 24' c Polota-Nau 62' c

NZL Warren Gatland
NZL Robbie Deans

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Muliaina 23' m Kaino 34' c Jane 65' c Smith 77' c

FRA Marc Lièvremont
NZL Graham Henry

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Week 6

M. Steyn Boric 67' m Delany

RSA Nick Mallett
NZL Graham Henry

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  • This was New Zealand's first loss in the Northern Hemisphere since 2007, as well as the first time in two years a team had managed to score tries against them in the Northern Hemisphere.

References

  1. (21 October 2009). "Exciting fixture schedule for targeted Unions". International Rugby Board.
  2. (31 October 2009). "New Zealand 32-19 Australia".
  3. (7 November 2009). "England 9-18 Australia".
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  5. (7 November 2009). "Wales 12-19 New Zealand".
  6. Cimbrico, Andrea. "L'ITALIA "A" SUPERA LA ROMANIA 33-6 A PIACENZA".
  7. (13 November 2009). "Ireland A 48-19 Tonga".
  8. (13 November 2009). "Wales 17-13 Samoa".
  9. (13 November 2009). "France 20-13 South Africa".
  10. (14 November 2009). "Anthem butcher says 'it was beautiful'".
  11. (14 November 2009). "Scotland 23-10 Fiji".
  12. (15 May 2009). "Kick-Off Times Confirmed For GUINNESS Series 2009 Matches". Irish Rugby Football Union.
  13. (15 November 2009). "Ireland 20-20 Australia".
  14. "Late heroics earn Ireland a draw at Croke Park".
  15. Reid, Alasdair. (20 November 2009). "Scotland A 38 Tonga 7".
  16. (August 2019). "Rugby Canada (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com)".
  17. "Springboks back to winning ways".
  18. Jenkins, Graham. "All Blacks inflict more pain on England".
  19. (21 November 2009). "Wales 33-16 Argentina".
  20. (23 November 2009). "Unión Argentina de Rugby :: U.A.R.".
  21. (21 November 2009). "France 43-5 Samoa".
  22. (21 November 2009). "Ireland 41-6 Fiji".
  23. (21 November 2009). "Scotland 9-8 Australia".
  24. "Irish Rugby : Ireland 'A' Enjoy Tallaght Win".
  25. "Italy end dismal losing run".
  26. (28 November 2009). "Losing run finally over for Italy". Planet Rugby.
  27. "Irish Rugby : Springboks Succumb to Inspired Ireland".
  28. "South Africa tour in England/France/Ireland/Italy 2009 2009".
  29. (28 November 2009). "Scotland 6-9 Argentina".
  30. "Wales v Australia".
  31. (28 November 2009). "France 12-39 New Zealand".
  32. (5 December 2009). "Barbarians 25-18 New Zealand".
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