History of rugby union matches between Australia and Wales

Since 1908 Australia and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union in 40 matches, Australia having won 29, Wales 10, with 1 draw. Since 2007 the teams have competed for the James Bevan Trophy, which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations.

Summary

Overview

Details	Played	Won by  Australia	Won by  Wales	Drawn	Australia points	Wales points
In Australia	12	11	1	0	376	172
In Wales	25	16	8	1	525	398
Neutral venue	3	2	1	0	57	46
Overall	40	29	10	1	944	604

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

History

In the first 70 years Wales won 6 of the 8 matches. Over the next 10 years it was fairly even, but since the first World Cup in 1987, Australia has dominated by 24 wins to 2. The 2006 match ended in the second highest scoring draw of all time, 29–29.

Australia snatched victory in the inaugural James Bevan Trophy, test match 29–23 with a last minute try on Saturday 26 May 2007 at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney. They followed this up with a whitewash 31–0 victory at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Wales captured the trophy the following year in 2008 with a 21–18 victory in Cardiff, but since then it has remained in Australian hands with 12 consecutive wins. Three victories in Cardiff in 2009–11 were followed up by a 3–0 series win in Australia in 2012, all by narrow margins. In the return match at Cardiff, Australia once again won with a last minute try.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup brought Australia and Wales together again for another third place play-off, and once again it was a close finish, with Australia claiming third place in a reversal of the first World Cup in 1987, when Wales won the play-off 22–21.

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	12 December 1908	National Stadium, Cardiff	9–6	Wales
2	26 November 1927	National Stadium, Cardiff	8–18	Australia
3	20 December 1947	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–0	Wales
4	4 January 1958	National Stadium, Cardiff	9–3	Wales
5	3 December 1966	National Stadium, Cardiff	11–14	Australia
6	21 June 1969	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	16–19	Wales
7	10 November 1973	National Stadium, Cardiff	24–0	Wales
8	20 December 1975	National Stadium, Cardiff	28–3	Wales
9	11 June 1978	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	18–8	Australia
10	17 June 1978	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	19–17	Australia
11	5 December 1981	National Stadium, Cardiff	18–13	Wales
12	24 November 1984	National Stadium, Cardiff	9–28	Australia
13	18 June 1987	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua, New Zealand	21–22	Wales	3rd place playoff of 1987 Rugby World Cup
14	22 July 1991	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	63–6	Australia
15	12 October 1991	National Stadium, Cardiff	3–38	Australia	Pool stage of 1991 Rugby World Cup
16	21 November 1992	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–23	Australia
17	1 December 1996	National Stadium, Cardiff	19–28	Australia
18	9 June 1996	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	56–25	Australia
19	22 June 1996	Aussie Stadium, Sydney	42–3	Australia
20	23 October 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–24	Australia	Quarter final of 1999 Rugby World Cup
21	25 November 2001	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	13–21	Australia
22	14 June 2003	Telstra Stadium, Sydney	30–10	Australia
23	26 November 2005	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–22	Wales	2005 Autumn International
24	4 November 2006	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	29–29	draw	2006 Autumn International
25	26 May 2007	Telstra Stadium, Sydney	29–23	Australia	2007 Welsh tour of Australia
26	2 June 2007	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	31–0	Australia
27	15 September 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	20–32	Australia	Pool stage of 2007 Rugby World Cup
28	29 November 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	21–18	Wales	2008 Autumn International
29	28 November 2009	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–33	Australia	2009 Autumn International
30	6 November 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–25	Australia	2010 Autumn International
31	21 October 2011	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	21–18	Australia	3rd place playoff of 2011 Rugby World Cup
32	3 December 2011	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	18–24	Australia	2011 Autumn International
33	9 June 2012	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	27–19	Australia	Welsh Tour of Australia
34	16 June 2012	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne	25–23	Australia
35	23 June 2012	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	20–19	Australia
36	1 December 2012	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–14	Australia	2012 Autumn International
37	30 November 2013	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	26–30	Australia	2013 Autumn International
38	8 November 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	28–33	Australia	2014 Autumn International
39	10 October 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London, England	15–6	Australia	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A
40	5 November 2016	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	8–32	Australia	2016 Autumn International

See also

• James Bevan Trophy

References

External links

Results archive from WRU