2006 mid-year rugby union internationals
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The 2006 June rugby union tests (also known as the summer tests in the
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) were rugby union
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played during between June in 2006. It saw several tests between touring Northern Hemisphere sides and home Southern Hemisphere sides, including a test series between
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and England, Argentina and Wales, New Zealand and Ireland and South Africa and Scotland. France played Romania and the Springboks, while Italy played
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and
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. Most of the fixtures acted as end-of-season tours of the
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nations, and pre season matches for the Tri Nations Series and
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for the Southern Hemisphere nations.


Overview


Series


Other tours


Fixtures

*The scoreline belied the closeness of the contest, as Ireland were 20 minutes away from a first-ever win over the All Blacks, holding a 23–15 lead halfway through the second half. ---- *This was Scotland's largest-ever defeat in South Africa. ---- * This was Argentina's first-ever Test in Patagonia. Puerto Madryn was the site where the first Welsh colonists arrived in Argentina, leading to the establishment of Y Wladfa in the 1860s. ---- ---- ---- * Argentina win a Test series against Wales for the first time. ---- * This was England's fifth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1984. Australia's George Gregan made his 120th international appearance, setting an all-time record for the sport. ---- * Fiji claim a Six Nations scalp for the first time since 2000, when they defeated Italy (then newly admitted to the Six Nations), the last time the ''Azzurri'' visited Churchill Park. ---- * Fullback Percy Montgomery became the first Springbok to score 600 Test points. ---- ---- * South Africa suffered their first defeat at home since 2003. The result meant that the teams switched places in the world rankings, with France overtaking South Africa for second. ----


See also

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Mid-year rugby union test series ''For the most recent Mid-year window go to 2022 July rugby union tests'' The July Tests, also known as the summer Tests or mid-year Tests, are international rugby union matches played around the month of July each year. They include traditional su ...
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2006 end-of-year rugby union tests The 2006 end of year tests, also known as the 2006 Autumn Internationals, refers to several international rugby union matches that took place during November 2006 principally between touring teams from the southern hemisphere – Australia, Argentin ...
* 2006 IRB Churchill Cup *
2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations The 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations was the inaugural IRB Pacific 5 Nations rugby union competition held between five Pacific Rim sides; Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). The inaugural tournament kicked of ...
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2006 IRB Nations Cup The 2006 IRB Nations Cup was the first edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations ( Argentina Jaguars and Italy A) agai ...
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2006 France rugby union tour The 2006 France rugby union tour of Romania and South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2006 in Romania and South Africa by France national rugby union team. Results Romania: 15. Florin Vlaicu, 14. Cătălin Fercu, 13. Catalin Das ...


References


External links


2006 Bundaberg Rum Rugby Series
at Rugby.com.au
2006 All Blacks fixtures
at AllBlacks.com
2006 Springboks fixtures
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