2005 Australia rugby union tour

2005 Australia rugby union tour
Summary	P W D L
Total	5 2 0 3
Test match	4 1 0 3
Opponent	P W D L
France	1 0 0 1
England	1 0 0 1
Ireland	1 1 0 0
Wales	1 0 0 1

The 2005 Wallabies Spring Tour was a series of five matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November 2005.

The Matches

French Barbarians

1 November 2005

French Barbarians	12–42	Australia A[1]

Bordeaux

France

In this match, George Gregan plays his 115 test match, beating the world record of Jason Robinson^[2][3]

5 November 2005

France	26–16	Australia
Try: Heymans, Martin Con: Elissalde 2 Pen: Elissalde 3, Michalak		Try: Mitchell Con: Rogers Pen: Rogers 3

Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Paul Honiss

France: 15.Julien Laharrague, 14.Aurelien Rougerie, 13.Florian Fritz, 12.Yannick Jauzion, 11.Cedric Heymans, 10.Frederic Michalak, 9.Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8.Thomas Lievremont, 7.Remy Martin, 6.Yannick Nyanga, 5.Jerome Thion, 4.Fabien Pelous (capt.), 3.Pieter de Villiers, 2.Dimitri Szarzewski, 1.Olivier Milloud, – replacements: 16.Sebastien Bruno, 17.Sylvain Marconnet, 18.Lionel Nallet, 19.Gregory Lamboley, 20.Sebastien Chabal, 21.Yann Delaigue, 22.Thomas Castaignede
Australia: 15.Chris Latham, 14.Wendell Sailor, 13.Lote Tuqiri, 12.Morgan Turinui, 11.Mat Rogers, 10.Matt Giteau, 9.George Gregan (capt), 8.George Smith, 7.Phil Waugh, 6.Rocky Elsom, 5.Nathan Sharpe, 4.Mark Chisholm, 3.Al Baxter, 2.Brendan Cannon, 1.Matt Dunning, – replacements: 16.Stephen Moore, 17.Greg Holmes, 18.Hugh McMeniman, 19.John Roe, 20.Chris Whitaker, 21.Lloyd Johansson, 22.Drew Mitchell

England

Wallabies loses the match against England . The man of the match wasAndrew Sheridan. For the wallabies the situation were very bad, and Eddie Jones is near to be fired^[4][5]

12 November 2005

England	26–16	Australia
Try: Cohen, Cueto Con: Barkley, Hodgson Pen: Barkley, Hodgson 2 Drop: Hodgson		Try: Mitchell Con: Rogers Pen: Rogers 3

Twickenham, London Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Joel Jutge

England: 15.Josh Lewsey, 14.Mark Cueto, 13.Jamie Noon, 12.Mike Tindall, 11.Ben Cohen, 10.Charlie Hodgson, 9.Matt Dawson, 8.Martin Corry(capt.), 7.Lewis Moody , 6.Pat Sanderson, 5.Danny Grewcock, 4.Steve Borthwick, 3.Phil Vickery, 2.Steve Thompson, 1.Andrew Sheridan, – replacements: 21.Olly Barkley, 22.Mark van Gisbergen – No entry : 16.Lee Mears, 17.Matt Stevens, 18.Louis Deacon, 19.Chris Jones, 20.Harry Ellis
Australia: 15.Chris Latham, 14.Mark Gerrard, 13.Lote Tuqiri, 12.Morgan Turinui, 11.Drew Mitchell, 10.Mat Rogers, 9.George Gregan (capt), 8.George Smith, 7.Phil Waugh, 6.John Roe, 5.Nathan Sharpe, 4.Hugh McMeniman, 3.Al Baxter , 2.Brendan Cannon, 1.Matt Dunning, – replacements: 16.Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17.Greg Holmes, 18.Mark Chisholm, 19.Scott Fava, 20.Chris Whitaker, 21.Matt Giteau, 22.Lloyd Johansson

Ireland

This was the onny test-match won by Wallabies.^[6] Without Stephen Larkham, the Wallabies won easily. The match was played in Lansdowne Road, with reduced capacity to 42,000 after a fire.^[7]

19 November 2005

Ireland	14–30	Australia
Try: Horgan Pen: Humphreys, O'Gara 2		Try: Latham, Mitchell 2 Con: Rogers 3 Pen: Rogers 3

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Chris White

Ireland: 15.Geordan Murphy, 14.Shane Horgan, 13.Andrew Trimble, 12.Gordon D'Arcy, 11.Tommy Bowe, 10.Ronan O'Gara, 9.Peter Stringer, 8.Denis Leamy, 7.Johnny O'Connor, 6.Simon Easterby (capt.), 5.Malcolm O'Kelly, 4.Donncha O'Callaghan, 3.John Hayes, 2.Shane Byrne, 1.Marcus Horan, – replacements: 16.Rory Best, 17.Simon Best, 18.Matt McCullough, 19.Neil Best, 20.Kieran Campbell, 21.David Humphreys, 22.Girvan Dempsey
Australia: 15.Chris Latham, 14.Mark Gerrard, 13.Lote Tuqiri, 12.Morgan Turinui, 11.Drew Mitchell, 10.Mat Rogers, 9.George Gregan (capt), 8.George Smith, 7.Phil Waugh, 6.John Roe, 5.Nathan Sharpe, 4.Hugh McMeniman, 3.David Fitter, 2.Brendan Cannon, 1.Greg Holmes, – replacements: 16.Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17.Al Baxter, 18.Mark Chisholm, 19.Scott Fava, 20.Matt Henjak, 21.Lloyd Johansson, 22.Wendell Sailor

Wales

After the victory against Ireland, a loss with Wales^[8][9]

Same day after, Eddie Jones will be axe^[10]

26 November 2005

Wales	24–22	Australia
Try: S. Williams penalty try Con: S.Jones Pen: S.Jones 4		Try: Latham, Sharpe, Tuqiri Con: Rogers 2 Pen: Rogers 2

Millennium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Tony Spreadbury

Wales: 15.Gareth Thomas(capt.), 14.Dafydd James, 13.Matthew Watkins, 12.Sonny Parker, 11.Shane Williams, 10.Stephen Jones, 9.Gareth Cooper, 8.Michael Owen, 7.Martyn Williams, 6.Colin Charvis, 5.Robert Sidoli, 4.Ian Gough, 3.Chris Horsman, 2.T.Rhys Thomas, 1.Duncan Jones, – replacements: 16.Mefin Davies, 17.Adam R. Jones, 21.Ceri Sweeney – No entry : 18.Ian Evans, 19.Jonathan Thomas, 20.Mike Phillips, 22.Lee Byrne
Australia: 15.Chris Latham, 14.Mark Gerrard, 13.Lote Tuqiri, 12.Morgan Turinui, 11.Drew Mitchell, 10.Mat Rogers, 9.George Gregan (capt), 8.George Smith, 7.Phil Waugh, 6.John Roe, 5.Nathan Sharpe, 4.Hugh McMeniman, 3.David Fitter, 2.Brendan Cannon, 1.Matt Dunning, – replacements: 17.Al Baxter, 18.Mark Chisholm, 20.Chris Whitaker, 22.Wendell Sailor – No entry: 16.Tatafu Polota-Nau, 19.Scott Fava, 21.Lloyd Johansson

References

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