The 2013 Australia national rugby union team tour of Great Britain, Ireland and Italy was a rugby union tour between the away team

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and the homes teams of England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. They also played an additional Test match against New Zealand, which acted as the third and final Bledisloe Cup match for 2013. As part of the tour, they attempted their first Grand Slam tour of the Home Nations since

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following their 2–1 defeat to the British & Irish Lions in June 2013. However, their first Grand Slam victory since

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was not possible, following their 20–13 defeat to England in the opening week of their tour, which also meant they were unable to retain the

Cook Cup The Ella-Mobbs Trophy (formerly the Cook Cup from 1997–2021) is a rugby union trophy contested between Australia national rugby union team, Australia and England national rugby union team, England. The Cook Cup was established in 1997 when the ...

. The Wallabies became the first team to score 33 points against New Zealand in New Zealand during the third Bledisloe Cup match, and were also able to retain the

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against Ireland. They also reclaimed back the

Hopetoun Cup The Hopetoun Cup was established as a perpetual rugby union trophy between Australia and Scotland in 1998. In the spirit of the link between the two countries, it is named for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860–1908), a Scotsman, who, as the ...

for the first time since 2006, after losing it in 2009 and unable to reclaim it in 2012. Australia also won the

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for the eighth time and for the sixth time in a row in the closing match of their tour.

Schedule

Matches

New Zealand

Notes: * Australia became the first team to score 33 points against New Zealand in New Zealand. * Will Genia became just the third Australian scrum-half and the 39th Wallaby player to reach 50 test caps. *

Peter Betham Peter Betham (born 6 January 1989) is a professional rugby union player. He currently plays for the Provence in the ProD2. He was a representative player for Australia in international rugby matches. His usual position is wing or fullback. F ...

made his international debut for Australia.

England

Notes: * England reclaim the

. *

Joel Tomkins Joel Andrew Tomkins (born 21 March 1987) is a former English professional rugby league footballer who last played forward for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League, and has played for England at international level. He has previous ...

made his international debut for England.

Italy

Notes: *

Luke McLean Luke McLean (born 29 June 1987) is a former professional rugby union footballer who played as a fullback. Born in Australia to an Italian mother, he won 89 caps for the Italy national team. Personal life McLean was born in Townsville, Queensl ...

earned his 50th cap for Italy. *

Tommaso Allan Tommaso Allan (; born 26 April 1993) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays fly-half for Harlequins of the English Premiership. He has also represented Italy at international level, having made his test debut against ...

made his international debut for Italy and scored his first test try.

Ireland

Notes: * Australia retain the

Scotland

Notes: *

Kieran Low Kieran Low (born 27 January 1991) is a retired Scottish international rugby union footballer who played either as a lock or loose forward. He spent most of his career at London Irish and had short spells at London Welsh, Glasgow Warriors and ...

made his international debut for Scotland. * Jim Hamilton earned his 50th test cap for Scotland. * Australia reclaimed the

for the first time since 2006 after losing it in 2009 and having been unable to reclaim it in 2012.

Wales

Notes: *

Quade Cooper Quade Santini Cooper (born 5 April 1988) is a professional rugby union player and occasional boxer. Although born in New Zealand, he has represented Australia in rugby at international level. He currently plays for Hanazono Liners in Japan, ...

earned his 50th test cap for Australia. * Australia won the

for the eighth time and for the sixth time in a row. * Israel Folau scored his 10th international try of the year in this match, equalling the Australian record set by

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in 2002.

Squad

Head Coach Ewen McKenzie named a 32-man squad on 11 October 2013. On 15 October,

was added to the squad for the Bledisloe Cup match on 19 October to cover the injured Chris Feauai-Sautia and Joe Tomane, who were ruled out of that test – Betham will not tour Europe. On 20 November, Peter Betham was re-added to the squad following the 5-week ban

Tevita Kuridrani Tevita Kuridrani (born 31 March 1991) is a Fijian-born Australian rugby union player. His usual position is outside-centre. He is currently with French club Biarritz and previously played for the Brumbies and Western Force in Super Rugby. Kur ...

received after he was red carded against Ireland. Note: Caps and date of ages are to opening tour match on 19 October 2013.

Coach staff

Head Coach – Ewen McKenzie Attack Coach – Jim McKay Defense Coach –

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Set-piece Coach –

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Player statistics

Key *Con: Conversions *Pen: Penalties *DG: Drop goals *Pts: Points

Team statistics

* Scored 179 Points * Conceded 137 Points * Scores 20 tries (17 converted) * Conceded 11 tries * Conceded 61 penalties

References

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Schedule

Matches

New Zealand

England

Italy

Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Squad

Coach staff

Player statistics

Team statistics

See also

References