2013 end-of-year rugby union internationals

Test matches

Bledisloe Cup – 3rd test

Cane 29' c Cruden 36' c Read 53' m Barrett (1/1) 69' To'omua 47' c Kuridrani 76' c

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• Australia's 33 points was the highest ever score by a visiting team against New Zealand.
• Will Genia became just the third Australian scrum-half and the 39th Wallaby to reach 50 caps.
• Peter Betham made his international debut for Australia.

2–3 November

Cane 26' c B. Smith 29' c McCaw 31' c Thrush 50' c Halai 57 m Barrett 67' c Barrett (2/3) 68', 75'

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• Dominic Bird, Frank Halai, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen and Luke Whitelock made their international debuts for New Zealand.
• This was the first test between the two teams to be played in Japan and outside the Rugby World Cup.

Farrell 58' c

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• England reclaimed the Cook Cup.
• Joel Tomkins made his international debut for England.

(In French) K. Williams 39' c Hendrickx 43' c Torfs 71' m

Carpenter 59' c Gibson-Park (2) 30' c, 50' c Robinson 35' c Proctor 69' c Barrett 75' c Robinson (2/2) 51', 70' West (1/1) 76'

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8–10 November

Folliot 29' c Penalty try 76' c

Jones (2/2) 37', 57'

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Cittadini 62' m Allan 78' m Kuridrani 21' c Cummins (2) 31' m, 50' c Ashley-Cooper 58' c Tomane 66' c Folau 68' c Lealiifano (2/2) 67', 70'

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• Luke McLean earned his 50th cap for Italy.
• Tommaso Allan made his international debut for Italy and scored his first test try.

(In French) Penalty try 79' m Brousse 13' c Perraux 20' c Jedrasiak (2) 24' c, 34' m

Twelvetrees 20' c Ashton 33' c Morgan 77' c Bosch (1/2) 17'

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• Santiago Cordero made his debut for Argentina.
• England won the Investec Challenge Cup, the first time the trophy has been contested.

Laidlaw 46' c Dickinson 63' c Weir 68' m Lamont 77' c Weir (1/2) 78'

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(In Portuguese) Tikoirotuma 32' c Bai 46' m Botia 56' m Nalaga 69' m Kenatale 80' c

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Du Plessis 16' c Du Preez 64' c Lambie (1/1) 65'

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• South Africa retained the Prince William Cup.
• Frans Malherbe and Pieter-Steph du Toit made their international debut for South Africa.

O'Brien 45' c D. Kearney (2) 65' c, 77' c McFadden 70' c Fotuali'i (1/1) 63'

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• This was Irelands biggest winning margin against Samoa.
• Jack McGrath and David Kearney, who scored two tries, made their debuts for Ireland, and Isaia Tuifua made his debut for Samoa.

Cook (2) 70' c, 79' c Genua (1/1) 80'

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Read 64' c Cruden (1/1) 65'

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• New Zealand retained the Dave Gallaher Trophy.
• Richie McCaw became international rugby's most-capped captain, leading New Zealand for the 85th time in his 122nd test.
• Rabah Slimani made his international debut for France.

Bateman (2) 43' c, 55' m Katene 78' c

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Lamont 31' c Rowlands 39' c Taylor (2/2) 32', 40' Simplikevich 42' m Tsnobiladze 67' c Penalty try 75' c Galinovsky 80' m Gaisin (2/3) 68', 75'

12–17 November

Simpson-Daniel 21' c Reynolds 64' c Cox 75' c

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Broadhurst 43' c Sa'u (2) 48' m, 56' c Hirose 66' m

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(In Portuguese) Duarte 24' c Simões (2) 30' m, 45' c Oliveira 38' c V. Uva 49' c Foro (2) 55' c, 64' c Bardy 71' c Esteves 73' c

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Sharikadze 66' c Scully 39' c Wallace 55' c

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McLean 33' c Penalty try 57' c Vosawai 68' c Allan (1/1) 69' Nagusa (2) 47' m, 75' c Nadolo 59' c Nalaga 71' c

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• Martin Castrogiovanni and Sergio Parisse become the third and fourth Italian players to earn 100 caps.
• Michele Campagnaro made his international debut for Italy.
• Fiji's five yellow cards broke the record for the number of yellow cards by one team in an international match.

Vosloo 40' m Va'aulu 17' c Fotuali'i 41' c

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Read 16' c Cruden (1/1) 64' Cruden (2/3) 31', 71'

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• Dan Carter became the fifth All Black to earn 100 caps.
• Dylan Hartley earned his 50th cap for England, and Sam Whitelock earned his 50th cap for New Zealand.
• New Zealand regained the Hillary Shield after losing it in 2012.

North 23' c Faletau 55' c Owens 66' c

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• Gethin Jenkins become the fourth Welsh player to earn 100 caps.
• Samson Lee and Cory Allen made their international debuts for Wales.
• Horacio Agulla earned his 50th cap for Argentina.
• This was Wales biggest winning margin over Argentina.

Chouly 40' c Dulin 50' c Kayser 73' c Michalak (1/1) 73'

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• Sofiane Guitoune and Jonathan Pélissié made their international debuts for France.

(In Romanian) Jones 48' c Pritchard (1/2) 76'

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Madigan (1/1) 56' Hooper (2) 23' m, 66' c Cooper 45' c

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• Australia retained the Lansdowne Cup.

Feijoo 46' m

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Le Roux 29' c Pietersen 31' c Oosthuizen 52' c

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• Jonny Gray made his international debut for Scotland.
• JP Pietersen earned his 50th test cap for South Africa.

22–24 November

Beck 25' c

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• Hallam Amos and Rhodri Williams made their international debuts for Wales.
• Wales head coach Warren Gatland coached his 100th international game; 59 for Wales, 38 for Ireland and 3 for the British and Irish Lions.

Lam 26' c

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• First ever win for Georgia over Samoa.

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Manoa 30' m Dolan 79' c

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Pritchard (2) 21' c, 40' m Blevins 52' c Braid 66' m Paris 70' m

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Broadhurst (2) 59' c, 63' c Hirose 69' m

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(In Romanian) Nadolo 18' m Nagusa 41' c Nadolo (1/1) 77'

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Feauai-Sautia 43' m

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• Kieran Low made his international debut for Scotland.
• Jim Hamilton earned his 50th test cap for Scotland.
• Australia reclaimed the Hopetoun Cup for the first time since 2006 after losing it in 2009 and having been unable to reclaim it in 2012.

Pat Lambie (1/1) 78'

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Best 10' c R. Kearney 17' m B. Franks 64' c Crotty 80+2'

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• New Zealand were undefeated in 2013, winning 14 from 14 matches, and became the first team in the professional era to win every match in a calendar year.

30 November

Vermeulen 35' c Piutau 52' c De Villiers (2) 55' c, 78' c Taylor 63' m Seniloli 72' m Rokobaro 79' c Luveniyali (1/2) 80'

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• Fiji awarded caps for this match.
• The traditionally uncapped player of the Barbarians side was scrum-half TJ Perenara.
• Irish lock Mick O'Driscoll came out of retirement to cover the injured Eben Etzebeth; Etzebeth's original replacement, Flip van der Merwe, was not released for the game by

Biggar (1/1) 59' Biggar (1/1) 30' Priestland (1/1) 68' Folau 36' c Tomane 48' c

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• Quade Cooper earned his 50th test cap for Australia.
• Australia won the James Bevan Trophy for the eighth time and for the sixth time in a row.
• Israel Folau scored his 10th international try of the year in this match, equalling the Australian record.

17–21 December

Rimene (3/3) 56', 66', 74'

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Piron 74' c

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