2011 end-of-year rugby union internationals

For women's internationals, see 2011 end of year women's rugby tests.

The 2011 end of year rugby tests, also known as the Autumn internationals in the northern hemisphere, only saw one match involving two top-tier nations – Australia's 24–18 victory over Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 3 December. This was a rematch of the 2011 Rugby World Cup Bronze Final, in which the Wallabies defeated Wales 21–18.

It was also the final international match for Wales' all-time leading try scorer, Shane Williams. He had initially announced he would retire from international rugby after the World Cup, but later decided that he would prefer if possible to make his international farewell in Wales.[1] Wales coach Warren Gatland announced on 16 November that Williams would be in the starting line-up.[2]

Australia fielded a virtually full-strength team, while Wales were missing six players to club duty in England and France and four others to injury. The victory went to the Wallabies, but the final act went to Williams, who finished off his international career with a try on the last attack of the match in stoppage time.[3]

Matches

Week 1

13 November 2011
15:50 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Portugal  9 – 16  Uruguay
Pen: Murray (3/3)
 Try: Ormaechea c
Con: Arocena (1/1)
Pen: Arocena (2/2)
Drop: Arocena (1/1)
Estádio Municipal de Caldas da Rainha, Caldas da Rainha
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Portugal
FB 15Pedro Silva
RW 14Aderito Esteves
OC 13Federico Oliveira
IC 12Carl Murray
LW 11Gonçalo Foro
FH 10Pedro Cabral
SH 9 Francisco Magalhaes
N8 8 Veltioven Tavares
OF 7 Vasco Uva
BF 6 Luis Sousa
RL 5 Rui d'Orey
LL 4 Eduardo Acosta
TP 3 Jose Leal da Costa
HK 2 João Correia (c)
LP 1 João Junior
Replacements:
HK 16Duarte Foro
PR 17Michael Dias
LK 18João Pinheiro Paiva
LK 19Duarte Gil
SH 20Rui Rodrigues
FH 21Diogo Miranda
WG 22Bernardo Silveira
Coach:
New Zealand Errol Brain
Uruguay
FB 15Matías Arocena
RW 14Francisco Bulanti
OC 13Agustín Ormaechea
IC 12Alberto Román
LW 11Gastón Mieres
FH 10Felipe Berchesi
SH 9 Francisco Vecino
N8 8 Juan Diego Ormaechea
OF 7 Fernando Bascou
BF 6 Federico Berchesi
RL 5 Santiago Vilaseca
LL 4 Diego Magno
TP 3 Alejo Corral
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c)
LP 1 Oscar Durán
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
LK 18
SH 19
FH 20
CE 21
FB 22
Coach:
Uruguay Pablo Lemoine

Week 2

19 November 2011
16:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
Spain  16 – 13  Uruguay
Try: Le Roux 35' c
Con: Malie (1/1) 36'
Pen: Malie (3/3) 3', 6', 33'
 Report (Spanish) Try: Mieres 58' c
Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 59'
Pen: Ormaechea (2/5) 49', 68'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: João Mourinha (Portugal)
Spain
FB 15César Sempere
RW 14Ryan Le Roux
OC 13Juan Cano
IC 12Martín Heredia (c)
LW 11Sebastien Ascarat
FH 10Charlie Malie  68'
SH 9 Pablo Feijoo  62'
N8 8 Mathieu Visensang 74' to 80'
OF 7 Glen Rolls  53'
BF 6 Gautier Gibouin
RL 5 Jesús Recuerda
LL 4 Tom Parker  62'
TP 3 David Gurgenadze  31'
HK 2 Mathieu Cidré  62'
LP 1 Anthony Pradalie
Replacements:
HK 16Beñat Auzqui  62'
PR 17Jesús Moreno 66' to 76'  31'
LK 18Damien Elgoyhen  62'
FL 19Mathieu Roca  53'
SH 20Adrien Ayestarán  62'
FB 21Nicholas Marshall
FH 22Pierre Belzunce  68'
Coach:
France Régis Sonnes
Uruguay
FB 15Jerónimo Etcheverry
RW 14Santiago Gibernau
OC 13Agustín Ormaechea
IC 12Alberto Román
LW 11Gastón Mieres
FH 10Matías Arocena
SH 9 Francisco Vecino
N8 8 Juan Ormaechea 33' to 43'
OF 7 Rodrigo Espiga
BF 6 Federico Berchessi
RL 5 Santiago Vilaseca
LL 4 Diego Magno
TP 3 Oscar Durán
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c)
LP 1 Alejo Corral
Replacements:
HK 16Arturo Ávalo
PR 17Juan Rombys
LK 18Mario Sagario
N8 19Fernando Bascou
FL 20Guillermo Lijtenstein
SH 21Juan de Freitas
CE 22Adrián Lewis
Coach:
Uruguay Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
José Ignacio Fernández (Spain)
Itziar Díaz (Spain)

Week 3

26 November 2011
14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Barbarians 11 – 60  Australia
Try: Tomkins 80' m
Con: Matfield (0/1)
Pen: Cipriani (2/2) 15', 43'
 Report Try: Ioane (2) 25' c, 71' c
Turner (2) 40' m, 64' c
Horwill (2) 51' c, 60' c
Horne 54' c
Samo 76' c
Con: O'Connor (7/8) 26', 52', 55', 61', 65', 72', 77'
Pen: O'Connor (1/1) 3'
Drop: O'Connor (1/1) 21'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 51,212
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Barbarians
FB 15New Zealand Isaia Toeava  41'
RW 14England Sam Tomkins
OC 13New Zealand Robbie Fruean  41'
IC 12Australia Stirling Mortlock
LW 11South Africa Bryan Habana
FH 10England Danny Cipriani
SH 9 Ireland Peter Stringer  41'
N8 8 New Zealand Adam Thomson  41'
OF 7 Italy Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 New Zealand Jerome Kaino
RL 5 South Africa Victor Matfield (c)
LL 4 England Simon Shaw  41'
TP 3 France Sylvain Marconnet  65'
HK 2 New Zealand Keven Mealamu  41'
LP 1 Argentina Eusebio Guiñazú  41'  65'
Replacements:
HK 16South Africa Adriaan Strauss  41'
PR 17Italy Salvatore Perugini 55' to 65'  41'
N8 18Scotland Jason White  41'
LK 19Italy Marco Bortolami  41'
SH 20Fiji Nemia Kenatale  41'
FB 21New Zealand Richard Kahui  41'
CE 22Fiji Seru Rabeni  41'
Coach:
New Zealand Graham Henry
Australia
FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper 14' to 24'
RW 14Lachie Turner
OC 13Rob Horne
IC 12Berrick Barnes  37'
LW 11Digby Ioane
FH 10James O'Connor
SH 9 Will Genia  53'
N8 8 Dave Dennis  50'
OF 7 David Pocock (c)
BF 6 Scott Higginbotham  51'
RL 5 Nathan Sharpe  50'
LL 4 Rob Simmons
TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu
HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau  50'
LP 1 James Slipper 29' to 39'  50'
Replacements:
HK 16Stephen Moore  50'
PR 17Ben Alexander  50'
LK 18James Horwill  50'
N8 19Radike Samo  50'
FL 20Matt Hodgson  51'
SH 21Nick Phipps  53'
CE 22Ben Tapuai  37'
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

Touch judges:
Andrew Small (England)
Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Week 4

3 December 2011
14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Wales  18 – 24  Australia
Try: Priestland 66' m
Sh. Williams 80' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 80'
Pen: Priestland (2/2) 6', 33'
 Report Try: Genia 51' c
Turner 57' c
Barnes 61' c
Con: O'Connor (3/3) 52', 58', 62'
Pen: O'Connor (1/2) 40'
Wales
FB 15Leigh Halfpenny 50' to 60'
RW 14George North  69'
OC 13Scott Williams
IC 12Jamie Roberts
LW 11Shane Williams
FH 10Rhys Priestland  75'
SH 9 Lloyd Williams  74'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)
BF 6 Dan Lydiate  62'
RL 5 Ian Evans  62'
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Scott Andrews  59'
HK 2 Huw Bennett  56'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements:
HK 16Matthew Rees  56'
PR 17Ryan Bevington  59'
LK 18Ryan Jones  62'
FL 19Justin Tipuric  62'
SH 20Tavis Knoyle  74'
FH 21Dan Biggar  75'
WG 22Alex Cuthbert  69'
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland
Australia
FB 15Adam Ashley-Cooper  77'
RW 14Lachie Turner
OC 13Anthony Fainga'a
IC 12Berrick Barnes
LW 11Digby Ioane
FH 10James O'Connor
SH 9 Will Genia
N8 8 Ben McCalman
OF 7 David Pocock  40'
BF 6 Scott Higginbotham
RL 5 James Horwill (c)
LL 4 Rob Simmons  68'
TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu  50'
HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau  50'
LP 1 James Slipper
Replacements:
HK 16Stephen Moore  50'
PR 17Ben Alexander  50'
LK 18Nathan Sharpe  68'
N8 19Radike Samo  40'
FH 20Nick Phipps
CE 21Ben Tapuai  77'
FB 22Ben Lucas
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans

Touch judges:
Dave Pearson (England)
Jérôme Garces (France)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

The Heroes Rugby Challenge

3 December 2011
14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Northern Hemisphere XV 22 – 36 Southern Hemisphere XV
Report
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 29,251

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Williams confirms farewell plans". ESPN Scrum. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Shane Williams will win his final Wales cap against Australia". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 16 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Pope, Bruce (3 December 2011). "Wales 18-24 Australia". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
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