2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals
The 2009 end of year rugby internationals, also known as the Autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, saw Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina, tour the northern hemisphere.
The headline event of the series was an attempted Grand Slam tour of the Home Nations by Australia. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Wallabies' only previous Grand Slam tour, which saw the Wallabies sweep all four matches and saw David Campese, Mark Ella, Nick Farr-Jones, and Michael Lynagh achieve international prominence. Also, for the second consecutive year, a Bledisloe Cup match was contested by New Zealand and Australia outside of either country, this time in Tokyo. The final event of the series, the Barbarians' traditional Final Challenge, involved New Zealand, with the Barbarians winning over a mostly second-string All Blacks side.
For the first time since the inception of the IRB World Rankings in 2003, all of the top 20 teams in the rankings played matches in the November window. The only top-20 teams not playing in the November tours were Uruguay and the USA, which played a two-legged 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying tie during November.[1]
This year's series was also marked by more non-Test matches pitting Test teams with top-level club teams than in recent years. Matches of this type are often called "midweek matches" because they are traditionally played at midweek, most often on Wednesday, although they can also be scheduled on a weekend when the touring team has no Test scheduled. Australia and South Africa both scheduled two such matches; the Wallabies won both of their matches comfortably, while the Springboks lost both of theirs.
Matches
Week 1
| 31 October 2009 17:38 JST (UTC+09) |
Australia  | 19–32 |  New Zealand |
| Try: Hynes 34' c Con: Giteau (1/1) Pen: Giteau (4/5) 5', 11', 28', 71' | Report[2] | Tries: Sivivatu 20' c Smith 45' c Con: Carter (2/2) Pen: Carter (6/6) 14', 31', 61', 68', 72', 77' |
| National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 44,449 Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa) |
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Week 2
| 3 November 2009 19:45 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Gloucester | 5–36 | Australia |
| Try: Burns 25' m Con: Spencer (0/1) | Report[3] | Tries: Cross 14' c T. Smith 30' c Mitchell (2) 65' c, 75' c Cooper 78' m Con: Cooper (4/5) Pen: Cooper 3' |
| Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Andrew Small (England) |
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| 6 November 2009 19:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Leicester Tigers | 22–17 |  South Africa |
| Try: González Amorosino 26' c Con: Youngs (1/1) Pen: Youngs (5) 9', 32', 39', 45', 58' | Report[4] | Try: Nokwe 7' m Con: R. Pienaar (0/1) Pen: R. Pienaar (4) 5', 40', 65', 76' |
| Welford Road, Leicester Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) |
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| 7 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
England  | 9–18 | Australia |
| Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 8', 25' Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 3' | Report[5] | Try: Genia 21' m Ashley-Cooper 72' c Con: Giteau (1/2) Pen: Giteau (2/2) 45', 60' |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 80,020 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) |
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| 7 November 2009 16:30 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Portugal  | 9–12 |  Namibia |
| Report[6] |
| Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: Chris White (England) |
| 7 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Wales  | 12–19 | New Zealand |
| Pen: S. Jones (4) 17', 34', 66', 74' | Report[7] | Try: Hore 56' c Con: Carter Pen: Carter (4) 11', 20', 42', 64' |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,330 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) |
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Week 3
| 13 November 2009 19:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
Italy A  | 33–6 |  Romania |
| Tries: Buso 6' Derbyshire 49' Sepe 67' Quartaroli 80' Con: Bocchino (2/4) Pen: Bocchino 15' 19' 47' | Report[8] | Pen: Vlaicu 3' 25' |
| Stadio Comunale Beltrametti, Piacenza Referee: Romain Poite (France) |
| 13 November 2009 19:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Ireland A  | 48–19 |  Tonga |
| Report[9] |
| Ravenhill, Belfast Attendance: 3,777 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) |
| 13 November 2009 19:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Wales | 17–13 |  Samoa |
| Try: Halfpenny 6' m Pen: Biggar (3) Halfpenny | Report[10] | Try: Mapusua 62' c Con: Fili Pen: Fili (2) |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 58,907 Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) |
| 13 November 2009 20:45 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
France  | 20–13 | South Africa |
| Try: Clerc 31' m Con: Dupuy (0/1) Pen: Dupuy (4/7) 5', 40', 49', 61' Parra (1/1) 78' Drop: Dupuy (0/1) | Report[11] | Try: Smit 29' c Con: Steyn (1/1) Pen: Steyn (1/2) 19' Drop: Steyn (1/1) 24' |
| Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Attendance: 34,889 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) |
- Ras Dumisani's controversial rendition of the South African national anthem before the game caused a minor diplomatic incident afterwards.[12]
| 14 November 2009 16:15 MT (UTC+04) |
Georgia  | 24–22 |  Argentina XV |
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| Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa) |
| 14 November 2009 14:00 WAT (UTC+01) |
Tunisia  | 13–18 | Namibia |
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| Stade El Menzah, Tunis Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa) |
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- This was Namibia's first ever win in Tunisia.[13]
| 14 November 2009 15:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
| Italy | 6–20 | New Zealand |
| Pen: Craig Gower (2/3) 5', 66' | (Report) | Try: Corey Flynn 30' Con: Luke McAlister (0/1) Pen: Luke McAlister (5/8) 8', 15', 43', 50', 80' |
| San Siro, Milan Attendance: 80,074 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) |
| 14 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| England | 16–9 | Argentina |
| Try: Banahan 71' c Con: Wilkinson (1/1) Pen: Wilkinson (2/5) 20', 39' Drop: Wilkinson (1/1) 6' | (Report) | Pen: Rodríguez (3/6) 13', 25', 37' Drop: Fernández (0/2) |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 78,743 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) |
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| 14 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
Scotland  | 23–10 |  Fiji |
| Tries: Beattie 21' c Morrison 51' c Con: Godman (2/2) Pen: Godman (3/4) 14', 28', 34' Paterson (0/1) | Report[14] | Try: Goneva 38' c Con: Little (1/1) Pen: Little (1/2) 63' |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 21,826 Referee: Chris White (England) |
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| 15 November 2009 14:00 JST (UTC+09) |
Japan  | 46–8 |  Canada |
| Tries: Leitch 9' m Kikutani 37' c Aruga 39' c Tupuailei 48' c Onozawa 51' c Horie 75' c Con: Webb (4/5) Arlidge (1/1) Pen: Webb (2/3) 20', 23' | Tries: Hirayama 79' m Con: Monro (0/1) Pen: Pritchard (1/2) 17' |
| Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Miyagi Attendance: 6,164 Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand) |
- Japan's victory sees them achieve their highest ever spot on the IRB World Rankings
| 15 November 2009 15:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Ireland [15] | 20–20 | Australia |
| Tries: Bowe 57' c O'Driscoll 79' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) Pen: O'Gara (2/2) 5', 21' | Report[16] | Tries: Mitchell 2' c Elsom 62' c Con: Giteau (2/2) Pen: Giteau (2/4) 24', 54' Drop: Giteau (0/1) |
| Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 69,886[17] Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) |
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- Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll became the 11th player to reach 100 Test caps.
Week 4
| 17 November 2009 19:30 GMT (UTC+0) |
| Saracens | 24–23 | South Africa |
| Tries: Joubert, Barritt Con: Hougaard Pen: Hougaard (3) Drop: Hougaard | Report[18] | Tries: de Jongh, Nokwe (2) Con: Pienaar Pen: Pienaar (2) |
| Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 46,281 Referee: James Jones (Wales) |
- As a halftime promotion, Saracens selected three fans to try to hit the crossbar with a kick from 30 metres out. One of them, 24-year-old Stuart Tinner, was successful, winning £250,000.[19]
| 20 November 2009 19:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
| Italy A | 8–7 | Georgia |
| Stadio Bruseschi, Palmanova Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) |
| 20 November 2009 19:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Scotland A | 38–7 | Tonga |
| Report[20] |
| Netherdale, Galashiels Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland) |
| 21 November 2009 14:05 JST (UTC+09) |
| Japan | 27–6 | Canada |
| Tries: Aruga 9' m Hatakeyama 20' c Leitch 48' c Goromaru 72' m Con: Nicholas (1/3) Webb (1/1) Pen: Webb (1/2) 21' | Report[21] | Pen: Pritchard (1/1) 23' Monro (1/1) 46' |
| Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand) |
| 21 November 2009 15:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
| Italy | 10–32 | South Africa |
| Try: Garcia 31' c Con: Gower Pen: Gower 59' | Report[22] | Try: Habana 5' m Fourie 13' c du Preez 52' c Olivier 72' c Con: Steyn (2) Pienaar Pen: Steyn (2) 46', 64' |
| Stadio Friuli, Udine Attendance: 31,482 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) |
| 21 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| England | 6–19 | New Zealand |
| Pen: Wilkinson (2/2) 15', 25' Drop: Wilkinson (0/1) | Report[23] | Try: Cowan 56' c Con: Carter (1/1) Pen: Carter (4/6) 23', 29', 46', 67' |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 80,676 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) |
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- Dan Carter became the all-time leading Test point scorer for the All Blacks, surpassing Andrew Mehrtens.
| 21 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Wales | 33–16 | Argentina |
| Report[24] |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 60,974 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) |
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| 21 November 2009 15:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Portugal | 13–24 | Argentina XV |
| Report[25] |
| Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) |
| 21 November 2009 18:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
| France | 43–5 | Samoa |
| Report[26] |
| Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 67,834 Referee: Dave Pearson (England) |
| 21 November 2009 17:15 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Ireland | 41–6 | Fiji |
| Pen: Sexton (2/2) 9', 40' Con: Sexton (5/5) Tries: Earls 18' c, 62' c O'Driscoll 45' c Kearney 67' c Horgan 76' c | Report[27] | Pen: Little (2/3) 27', 43' |
| RDS Arena, Dublin Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa) |
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| 21 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Scotland | 9–8 | Australia |
| Pen: Godman (2/3) 27', 56' Drop: Godman (0/1) Paterson (1/1) 75' | Report[28] | Try: Cross 80' m Con: Giteau (0/1) Pen: Giteau (1/3) 4' Drop: Giteau (0/1) |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 44,762 Referee: Romain Poite (France) |
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Week 5
| 24 November 2009 19:35 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Cardiff Blues | 3–31 | Australia |
| Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Referee: James Jones (Wales) |
| 27 November 2009 19:30 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Ireland A | 31–0 | Argentina XV |
| Report[29] |
| Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland) |
| 28 November 2009 15:00 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
| Italy | 24–6 | Samoa |
| Tries: McLean 7' penalty try 77' c Con: Mi.Bergamasco 1/2 c Pen: Mi.Bergamasco (2/2) 7', 21' Gower 37' c Drop: Tebaldi 50' | Report[30] | Pen: Esau (2/4) 12' 40' |
| Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno Attendance: 17,110 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) |
- Italy break a 13-game losing streak[31]
| 28 November 2009 14:30 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Ireland | 15–10 | South Africa |
| Pen: Sexton (5/7) 10', 30', 48', 52', 68' Drop: O'Driscoll (0/1) | Report[32] | Try: Burger 16' c Con: Steyn (1/1) Pen: Steyn (0/3) Pienaar (0/1) Drop: Steyn (1/2) 24' |
| Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) |
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| 28 November 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Scotland | 6–9 | Argentina |
| Report[33] |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland) |
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| 28 November 2009 15:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Portugal | 19–24 | Tonga |
| Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: James Jones (Wales) |
| 28 November 2009 17:15 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Wales | 12–33 | Australia |
| Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 21' 30' 40' Halfpenny (1/1) 17' Hook (0/1) | Report[34] | Try: Ioane 7' m Horwill 19' m Pocock 24' c Polota-Nau 62' c Con: Giteau (2/4) Pen: Giteau (3/3) 2' 31' 57' |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) |
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| 28 November 2009 16:00 WAST (UTC+02) |
| Namibia | 22–10 | Tunisia |
| Report[35] |
| Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa) |
- Namibia qualifies for the 2011 Rugby World Cup as Africa 1.
| 28 November 2009 20:45 CET/GMT+01 (UTC+01) |
| France | 12–39 | New Zealand |
| Pen: Dupuy (3/5) 3', 16', 20' Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 36' | Report[36] | Tries: Sivivatu 7' c Muliaina 23' m Kaino 34' c Jane 65' c Smith 77' c Con: Carter (4/5) 8', 35', 65', 79' Pen: Carter (2/2) 30', 54' Drop: Carter (0/1) |
| Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) |
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| 28 November 2009 14:00 PST (UTC-08) |
| Canada | 22–6 |  Russia |
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| Swangard Stadium, Burnaby Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Chris Henshall (USA) |
Week 6
| 5 December 2009 14:30 BT/GMT+0 (UTC+0) |
| Barbarians | 25–18 | New Zealand |
| Tries: Habana (3) 10' c, 40' c, 68' m Con: Giteau (2/3) 10', 40' Pen: Giteau M. Steyn | Report[37] | Tries: B. Smith 23' c Boric 67' m Con: Donald (1/2) 23' Pen: Donald Delany |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 63,554 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) |
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- This was New Zealand's first loss in the Northern Hemisphere since 2007, as well as the first time in two years a team had managed to score tries against them in the Northern Hemisphere.
See also
Notes and references
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- ^ "Kick-Off Times Confirmed For GUINNESS Series 2009 Matches". Irish Rugby Football Union. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-09. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
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- ^ "Official RWC 2011 Site - Namibia secure place at RWC 2011". archive.org. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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- ^ "Barbarians 25-18 New Zealand". 5 December 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via news.bbc.co.uk.