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History Of Rugby Union Matches Between Australia And Italy
Australia and Italy have played each other in full tests at rugby union a total of nineteen matches, with the first eighteen won by Australia. Italy achieved their first victory in the fixture in the 2022 Autumn Internationals, some 39 years after the first match between the teams.http://www.rugbydata.com/australia/italy Australia have met Italy once in Rugby World Cup play, losing 32-6 in Auckland in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. All other matches were Test Matches. In addition, Australia beat Italy twice in non-Test matches prior to 1983, in games in which Italy gave caps, but Australia, appearing as ''Australia XV'', did not. History Australia first played Italy on their way home from European tours in the 1970s, though they were not given full international status. The first encounter was in 1973 when Australia ran up 59 points to 21, but the second was the closest ever, with Italy losing by a single point 16-17. Officially the first test between the two countries was in 1983, fo ... [...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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), which served as the Olympic Stadium. Over the years it was the home of rugby league side, Melbourne Storm and the A-League team, Melbourne Victory; throughout its life the stadium played host to athletics. Olympic Park Stadium was located in Olympic Park, which is part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct. Olympic Park Stadium was demolished in 2012, and replaced with an Australian rules football ground. This new ground, Olympic Park Oval, has been used by the Collingwood Football Club for training purposes, it being adjacent to the Holden Centre. Former usage The stadium had lighting suited for night athletics meets as well as a world standard athletics track that was refurbished in 1997, with the stadium last being redev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Australia Rugby Union Tour
The 2008 Australia rugby union tour was a series of seven matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November–December 2008. The tour was preceded by a match against All Blacks for the Bledisloe Cup and closed with a match against Barbarian FC The Matches Matches Bledisloe Cup match A first match was played in Hong Kong against New Zealand. It was the fourth match between the two teams. Winning the match, the All Blacks tied the series (2–2) and retained the Bledisloe Cup. In Italy Against Italy, the Wallabies suffer the strong play of Italian forwards and the strong defence of "azzurri", winning the match also in the last 20 minutes, thanks a try from Quade Cooper. Against England England offered a strong opposition in the first half, especially between the 35th and 39th minutes, and scored a try with Nick Easter and a penalty with Danny Cipriani, but the Aussies were always ahead thanks to the kicks of Giteau and Martlock, until a try of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padova
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 214,000 (). The city is sometimes included, with Venice (Italian ''Venezia'') and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza. The Brenta River, which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain (''Pianura Veneta''). To the city's south west lies the Euganaean Hills, praised by Lucan and Martial, Petrarch, Ugo Foscolo, and Shelley. Padua appears twice in the UNESCO World Heritage List: for its Botanical Garden, the most ancient of the world, and the 14th-century Frescoes, situated in different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadio Euganeo
Stadio Euganeo is a football stadium in Padua, Italy. It is also used for athletics, concerts, rugby league and rugby union. It replaced the old and historical Appiani stadium. From 1994 to the present, it is the home of Calcio Padova. It has a total capacity of 32,420. Due to strict Italian laws about security in football matches, for football only the stadium capacity can be reduced to 18,060 places. It also played temporary host to Treviso for their first few matches in Serie A in the 2005–06 season, as their ground, Stadio Omobono Tenni, was deemed unfit; and to Cittadella, when playing her first two Serie B championships in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. By 2010–2011 season it has been used also for the home matches of the second football team of the city, San Paolo Padova, playing in Serie D. Euganeo hosted the international rugby match Italy-Australia (20–30) on 8 November 2008, with an attendance of about 30,000 people, likely being the most attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Australia Rugby Union Tour Of Europe
The 2006 Australian national rugby union team tour to Europe, known in Australia as the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour, is part of a 2006 end-of-year rugby test series and takes place in November 2006. The tour consist of test matches against Wales, Italy, Ireland and Scotland as well as midweek games against Ireland A, Scotland A and Welsh team, the Ospreys. The tour is the first time this decade that captain George Gregan would miss out on a Wallabies tour opting to miss in preparation ahead of the 2007 Rugby World Cup with this Stirling Mortlock was named captain but missed out on the opening match due to injury. Phil Waugh was subsequently named as captain. BBC Sport 2 November 2006 On 11 October, Wallabies half-back |
2005 Italy Rugby Union Tour
The 2005 Italy rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa was a series of matches played in June_ 2005 in Argentina and Australia by Italy national rugby union team. Italy obtain his first victory in test-match played in Argentina against the Pumas. It was the only victory of a Northern hemisphere team in a test match during the 2005 mid-year rugby union tests Results Argentina: 15. Bernardo Stortoni, 14. José María Núñez Piossek, 13. Lisandro Arbizu, 12. Felipe Contepomi , 11. Hernán Senillosa, 10. Federico Todeschini, 9. Nicolás Fernández Miranda, 8. Gonzalo Longo (capt), 7. Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6. Martín Schusterman, 5. Pablo Bouza, 4. Patricio Albacete, 3. Omar Hasan, 2. Mario Ledesma, 1. Marcos Ayerza – ''Replacements:'' 17. Pablo Henn, 18. Mariano Sambucetti, 19. Federico Andres Genoud, 19. Federico Andres Genoud, 21. Francisco Leonelli Morey – ''Unused:'' 16. Eusebio Guiñazú, 20. Matias Albina, 22. Federico Serra Miras Italy: 15. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docklands Stadium
Docklands Stadium, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 1997 and was completed in 2000 at a cost of A$460 million. The stadium features a retractable roof and the ground level seating can be converted from oval to rectangular configuration. The stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football and was originally built as a replacement for Waverley Park. Offices at the precinct serve as the headquarters of the Australian Football League (AFL) which, since 7 October 2016, has had exclusive ownership of the venue. With a capacity for 53,000 spectators for sports, the stadium is the second-largest in Melbourne and has hosted a number of other sporting events including domestic Twenty20 cricket matches, Melbourne Victory soccer home matches, rugby league and rugby union matches as well as spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Australia Rugby Union Tour
The 2002 Australia rugby union tour, also known as the 2002 Wallabies spring tour, was a series of matches played in November 2002 in Argentina, England, Ireland and Italy by the Australia national rugby union team. First test: Argentina Argentina: 15. Ignacio Corleto, 14. José María Núñez Piossek, 13. José Orengo, 12. Lisandro Arbizu (capt.), 11. Diego Albanese, 10. Felipe Contepomi, 9. Agustín Pichot, 8. Gonzalo Longo Elia , 7. Rolando Martín, 6. Santiago Phelan, 5. Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, 4. Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe, 3. Omar Hasan, 2. Federico Méndez, 1. Mauricio Reggiardo – ''Replacements:'' 16. Mario Ledesma Arocena, 17. Roberto Grau, 19. Martín Durand – ''Unused:'' 18. Pedro Sporleder. 20. Nicolás Fernández Miranda, 21. Juan Fernández Miranda, 22. Gonzalo Camardón Australia: 15. Mat Rogers, 14. Ben Tune, 13. Matt Burke, 12. Dan Herbert, 11. Stirling Mortlock , 10. Stephen Larkham, 9. George Gregan (capt.), 8. Toutai Kefu, 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genova
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Europe, becoming one of the largest naval powers of the continent and considered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
The Stadio comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the neighbourhood where it is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. The home of Genoa C.F.C. and U.C. Sampdoria football clubs, it opened in 1911 and is the oldest stadium still in use for football and other sports in Italy. Aside from football, the stadium has hosted meetings of rugby in the Italian National Rugby Team, Italian national team and, more rarely, some concerts. The stadium is named after Luigi Ferraris (footballer), Luigi Ferraris (1887–1915), an Italian footballer, engineer and soldier who died during WWI. Notable matches The stadium was inaugurated on 22 January 1911 with a football match between Genoa and Internazionale, and had a capacity of 20,000. On 22 December 1912, it hosted its first international, in which Italy national football team, Italy lost 3–1 to Austria national football team, Austria in a friendly. It also hosted the 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934 World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Australia Rugby Union Tour Of Europe
The 1996 Australia rugby union tour was a series of rugby union matches played between 19 October and 7 December 1996 in Europe by the Australia national rugby union team. Results ''Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.'' In Italy Italy: 15. Javier Pertile, 14. Massimo Ravazzolo, 13. Ivan Francescato, 12. Stefano Bordon, 11. Leandro Manteri, 10. Diego Dominguez, 9. Alessandro Troncon, 8. Orazio Arancio, 7. Andrea Sgorlon, 6. Massimo Giovanelli (capt.), 5. Diego Scaglia, 4. Walter Cristofoletto, 3. Franco Properzi-Curti, 2. Carlo Orlandi, 1. Mauro dal Sie, ''replacements:'', Andrea Barattin Australia : 15. Matt Burke, 14. Tim Horan, 13. Dan Herbert, 12. Pat Howard, 11. David Campese, 10. David Knox, 9. George Gregan, 8. Mike Brial, 7. David Wilson, 6. Daniel Manu, 5. John Eales (capt.), 4. John Welborn, 3. Andrew Heath, 2. Michael Foley, 1. Richard Harry, ''replacements:'', Brett Robinson, Jason Little * David Campese won his 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
