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2001 Australia Rugby Union Tour Of Europe
The 2001 Wallabies Spring tour was a series of matches played in October and November 2001 in Europe by Australia national rugby union team. The tour was originally to include a test match in Canada, but this was cancelled due a strike by the Canadian players over the sacking of the national coach, David Clark. So two fixtures were added against an England Divisions XV and Oxford University. __TOC__ Results Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.'' Touring party * Head Coach: Eddie Jones The 30-man touring squad announced in September was: :Forwards: * Nick Stiles * Bill Young (rugby union), Bill Young * Ben Darwin * Rod Moore (rugby union), Rod Moore * Michael Foley (rugby union), Michael Foley * Brendan Cannon * David Giffin * Justin Harrison * Mark Connors * Tom Bowman (rugby union), Tom Bowman * Owen Finegan * Matt Cockbain * George Smith (rugby union), George Smith * Phil Waugh * Toutai Kefu * David Lyons (rugby union, born 1980), David Lyons :Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Rugby Union Team
The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team. Australia have competed in all nine Rugby World Cups, winning the final on two occasions and also finishing as runner-up twice. Australia beat England at Twickenham in the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup and won again in 1999 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff when their opponents in the final were France. The Wallabies also compete annually in The Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri-Nations), along with southern hemisphere counterparts Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. They have won this championship on four occasions. Australia also plays Test matches against the various rugby-playing nations. More than a dozen former Wallabies players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
