2010 end-of-year rugby union internationals
The 2010 end of year rugby tests, also known as the Autumn internationals in the northern hemisphere, saw Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in a competitive tour of the northern hemisphere. Test matches were also arranged with the various Pacific island teams and other non-Tier 1 international sides. This period also marked the conclusion of the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying process, as well as the beginning of the European Nations Cup.
The series saw Ireland play their first Test matches at the Aviva Stadium, which replaces the defunct Lansdowne Road as the side's long-term home and ends the temporary arrangement with the Gaelic Athletic Association which allowed the team to play home matches at Croke Park. The series also marked the first time that two Southern Hemisphere nations simultaneously attempted Grand Slam tours of all four Home Nations, with both New Zealand and South Africa playing all four countries. The Springboks went 3–1 against the Home Nations, losing to Scotland, and also lost to the Barbarians, but the All Blacks were successful for the fourth time and third since 2005.
New Zealand entered the series on a winning streak of 15 Tests. The current record for "Tier 1" nations is 17, which they hold jointly with South Africa; the absolute record is 18, held by Lithuania. New Zealand's streak ended with a 26-24 loss to Australia in their opening game.
In all, 24 of the top 25 sides in the IRB World Rankings (as of 30 September 2010) played in the end-of-year series.[1]
A number of major milestones occurred during the series:
- All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter became the all-time leading points scorer in Test rugby.
- Two major rugby nations had new leaders in Test caps. Victor Matfield became the most-capped Springbok of all time, while Richie McCaw and Mils Muliaina became joint record-holders in Test caps for the All Blacks.
- American Dana Teagarden was scheduled to become the first woman ever to referee a full men's Test match on 18 December - the game was cancelled due to snow.
Matches
Preliminary
Chile | 30 – 32 | Tonga |
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Try: Diego Schachner 38' Penalty try 80' Con: Francisco Cruz Pen: Javier Reyes 10', 33', 44', 48', 57' Francisco Cruz 76' |
Report | Try: Taumei Hikila 16' Damien Fakafanua 34' Petuliki Mateo 43' Michael Toloke 62' Con: Michael Toloke 17', 35' Fangatapu Apikotoa 63' Pen: Fangatapu Apikotoa 46' |
Week 1
Russia | 20 – 40 | Argentina XV |
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Try: Ostroushko 37' Boltenkov 62' Con: Klyuchnikov 38', 63' Pen: Klyuchnikov 28', 57' |
Try: San Martín 11' Senatore 23' Cabello 35' Chaparro 48' Báez 75' Comuzzi 78' Con: Sánchez 12', 36', 49' González Iglesias 76', 79' |
Week 2
Japan | 10 – 13 | Samoa |
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Try: Holani 7' c Con: Arlidge (1/1) Pen: Arlidge (1/2) 2' Drop: Arlidge (0/1) 16' |
Report | Try: Fotuali'i 69' c Con: Lui (1/1) Pen: Keil (0/1) Lui (2/2) 45', 54' |
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Australia | 26 – 24 | New Zealand |
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Try: Cooper 8' m Ashley-Cooper 23' c Mitchell 60' c O'Connor 80+1' c Con: Giteau (1/2) O'Connor (2/2) |
Report | Try: Cowan 30' c Jane 33' c Nonu 53' c Con: Carter (3/3) Pen: Carter 40+1' |
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Russia | 6 – 32 | Argentina XV |
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Pen: Yanushkin, Kluchnikov |
Report | Try: Cubelli, Bouza, Estelles (2), Gosio Con: Iglesias, Sánchez Pen: Cubelli |
Week 3
Japan | 75 – 3 | Russia |
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Try: Tupuailai 5' c, 72' m, 80+2' c Leitch 13' c Taira 28' c, 39' c Kikutani 34' c Imamura 47' c Robins 78' c, 65' c Endo 68' c Con: Tanabe (10/11) |
Report | Pen: Yanushkin 38' |
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England | 16 – 26 | New Zealand |
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Try: Hartley 54' c Con: Flood (1/1) Pen: Flood 24', 44', 65' |
Report | Try: Gear 16' c Read 21' c Con: Carter (2/2) Pen: Carter 31', 47', 56', 69' |
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- Following the match, Keven Mealamu was cited for headbutting Lewis Moody, an offence that did not draw a card from match referee Romain Poite. Mealamu was originally banned for four weeks,[7] but the ban was reduced on appeal to two weeks.[8]
Wales | 16 – 25 | Australia |
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Try: Rees 70' c Con: Biggar (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (3/5) 1', 31', 52' |
Report | Try: Pocock 6' c Beale 47' c Alexander 60' m Con: O'Connor (2/3) Pen: O'Connor (2/3) 64', 73' |
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a. ^ Stephen Moore suffered a back spasm minutes before kick-off and was replaced in the starting line-up by Saia Fainga'a, hence why Fainga'a started the match wearing number 16. Huia Edmonds took Fainga'a's place on the bench and wore number 26.
Ireland | 21 – 23 | South Africa |
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Try: Bowe 68' c Kearney 74' m Con: O'Gara (1/2) Pen: Sexton (3/4) 26', 40', 55' |
Report | Try: Smith 16' c Aplon 64' c Con: M. Steyn (1/1) Lambie (1/1) Pen: M. Steyn (3/4) 5', 37', 52' |
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- Victor Matfield drew level with Percy Montgomery and John Smit as the most-capped Springboks, with 102.
- Morné Steyn's streak of consecutive successful kicks at goal in Tests ended at 41, which is the longest such streak since records on kickers' success were first kept in the late 1980s.[12]
Week 4
Saracens | 20 – 6 | United States |
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Try: Barrell, Short Con: Farrell (2) Pen: Farrell (2) |
Report | Pen: Malifa (2) |
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- The USA did not award test status for this match.
Connacht | 26 – 22 | Samoa |
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Try: Touhy 36' Muldoon 63' Con: Nikora 36', 63' Pen: Nikora 15', 23', 32', 44' |
Report | Try: Timoteo 20' Selesele 35' Williams 56' Con: Lui 20', 35' Pen: Lui 11' |
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- Samoa did not award test status for this match.
Leicester Tigers | 15 – 26 | Australia |
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Pen: Twelvetrees 25', 29', 34', 36', 72' |
Report | Try: Turner 10' Higginbotham 80' Con: Barnes 10', 80' Pen: Barnes 1', 22', 73' Drop: Barnes 78' |
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- Australia did not award test status for this match.
- The Tigers wore their historical letter-flocked jerseys.
Italy | 16 – 22 | Argentina |
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Try: Penalty try 78' Con: Bergamasco 78' Pen: Bergamasco 9', 29', 68' |
Report | Try: Rodríguez 49' Con: Contepomi 50' Pen: Contepomi 17', 37', 70', 72', 80' |
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England | 35 – 18 | Australia |
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Try: Ashton 25' c, 47' c Con: Flood (2/2) Pen: Flood 11', 34', 38', 42', 57', 69', 77' |
Report | Try: Beale 54' c, 65' m Con: O'Connor (1/2) Pen: O'Connor 31', 39' |
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Ireland | 20 – 10 | Samoa |
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Try: Heaslip 18' O'Gara 65' Con: O'Gara 19', 66' Pen: O'Gara 1', 30' |
Report | Try: Tuilagi 21' Con: P. Williams 22' Pen: P. Williams 54' |
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Wales | 25 – 29 | South Africa |
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Try: North (2) 5' c, 56' m Hook 17' c Con: S. Jones (2/3) Pen: S. Jones (2/3) 27', 42' |
Report | Try: Alberts 50' c Matfield 53' c Con: M. Steyn (2/2) Pen: M. Steyn (5/6) 1', 19', 40', 46', 64' |
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- Victor Matfield earned his 103rd cap, becoming the most-capped Springbok.
Portugal | 17 – 22 | United States |
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Try: V. Uva 73' m Pen: Gardener 5', 18', 42', 57' |
Report | Try: Ngwenya 28' Suniula 56' Emerick 60' Con: Malifa (2/3) Pen: Malifa 34' |
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Spain | 22 – 60 | Canada |
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Try: Pradalie 48' m Belzunce 79' m Pen: Fernández 8', 26', 34', 40' |
Report | Try: Riordan 3' c Paris 9' c, 77' m O'Toole 17' c Carpenter 22' c van der Merwe 46' c Marshall 62' c Stephen 68' c Con: Pritchard (7/8) 3', 9', 17', 22', 46', 62', 68' Pen: Pritchard 36', 73' |
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France | 34 – 12 | Fiji |
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Try: Marty 32' c Médard 42' m Penalty try 68' c Con: Yachvili (2/3) 33', 69' Pen: Yachvili (5/6) 2', 20', 40', 44', 56' Drop: Traille (0/1) |
Report | Pen: Bai (4/4) 13', 16', 48', 54' |
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Scotland | 3 – 49 | New Zealand |
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Pen: Parks 3' |
Report | Try: Gear 9' c, 26' c Carter 11' c Muliaina 18' c, 48' c Smith 67' c Ellis 78' c Con: Carter (5/5) Donald (2/2) |
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- Two of the All Blacks matchday squad—captain Richie McCaw and Mils Muliaina—drew level with Sean Fitzpatrick as New Zealand's most-capped players, with 92 each.
Week 5
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- Australia did not award test status for this match.
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- The USA did not award test status for this match; the last time it awarded caps for matches against national "A" sides was the 2008 Churchill Cup.
Wales | 16 – 16 | Fiji |
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Try: Penalty try 59' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: Biggar (2/3) 6', 21' S. Jones (1/1) 63' |
Report | Try: VuliVuli 36' c Con: Bai (1/1) Pen: Bai (2/3) 13', 80'+2' Matavesi (1/1) 24' |
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Georgia | 22 – 15 | Canada |
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Try: Penalty try, Urjukashvili, Zirakashvili Con: Kvirikashvili, Malaghuradze Pen: Malaghuradze |
Report | Try: Marshall, Carpenter Con: Pritchard Pen: Pritchard |
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Italy | 14 – 32 | Australia |
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Try: Barbieri 71' m Pen: Bergamasco (2) 11', 40' Orquera 35' |
Report | Try: Mitchell 9' c Elsom 80' c Con: Barnes (2/2) Pen: Barnes (6/6) 2', 13', 50', 53', 59', 67' |
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England | 26 – 13 | Samoa |
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Try: Banahan 47' c Croft 72' c Con: Flood (2/2) Pen: Flood (4/5) 16', 26', 52', 70' |
Report | Try: P. Williams 41' m Otto 79' m Con: P. Williams (0/2) Pen: P. Williams (1/3) 4' |
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Scotland | 21 – 17 | South Africa |
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Pen: Parks (6/6) 16', 23', 29', 53', 62', 68' Drop: Parks (1/2) 19' |
Report | Try: Alberts 70' m Pen: M. Steyn (4/5) 2', 12', 36', 46' |
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Ireland | 18 – 38 | New Zealand |
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Try: Ferris 31' c B. O'Driscoll 57' m Con: Sexton 31' Pen: Sexton 11', 27' |
Report | Try: Boric 40' c Read 45' c, 80' m Whitelock 49' c Con: Carter 40', 45', 49' Pen: Carter 8', 16', 30', 36' |
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- New Zealand's captain Richie McCaw and teammate Mils Muliaina earned their 93rd caps, surpassing Sean Fitzpatrick as the most-capped All Blacks in history.
France | 15 – 9 | Argentina |
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Pen: Parra (4/6) 11', 26', 32', 60' Drop: Traille (1/1) 49' |
Report | Pen: Contepomi (3/3) 17', 47', 62' Rodríguez (0/1) |
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Week 6
French Barbarians | 27 – 28 | Tonga |
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Try: Caucaunibuca 50' c Kelleher 60' c Hayman 64' c Con: Baby (3/3) 50', 60', 64' Pen: Élissalde (1/1) 31' Baby (1/2) 56' |
Report | Try: Lilo 66' c Malupo 70' m Pulu 75' c Con: Fisilau (2/3) 66', 75' Pen: Fisilau (3/4) 3', 43', 47' |
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- The traditionally uncapped player of the Barbarians' side was Brive's Benoît Cabello.
- This match was Jean-Baptiste Élissalde's jubilee, as he came out of retirement for the game after having been named Toulouse's backs coach prior to the start of the 2010–11 season.
Georgia | 19 – 17 | United States |
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Try: Gugava Con: Kvirikashvili Pen: Malaghuradze (3), Kvirikashvili |
Report | Try: Emerick Con: Malifa Drop: Malifa, Wyles |
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Italy | 24 – 16 | Fiji |
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Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (8) 11', 19', 35', 45', 52', 60', 75', 79' |
Report | Try: Tuapati 8' c Con: Bai (1/1) Pen: Bai (3) 24', 27', 39' |
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England | 11 – 21 | South Africa |
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Try: Foden 79' m Con: Tindall (0/1) Pen: Flood (2/2) 5', 17' |
Report | Try: Alberts 59' m Mvovo 70' c Con: M. Steyn (1/2) Pen: M. Steyn (3/4) 10', 35', 42' F. Steyn (0/1) Drop: F. Steyn (0/2) M. Steyn (0/1) |
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Scotland | 19 – 16 | Samoa |
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Try: Walker 14' c Con: Parks (1/1) Pen: Parks (2) 2', 29' Jackson 79' Drop: Parks (1/1) 52' |
Report | Try: Fotuali'i 9' c Con: Williams (1/1) Pen: Williams (3/3) 36', 41', 55' |
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Wales | 25 – 37 | New Zealand |
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Try: Byrne 80' c Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (6) |
Report | Try: Gear 5' m, 54' c Muliaina 22' m Toeava 73' c Afoa 76' c Con: Carter (3/5) Pen: Carter (2) |
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- With a penalty in the 7th minute, Dan Carter surpassed England's Jonny Wilkinson, who sat out the November Tests due to injury, as the leading Test point scorer in history.
France | 16 – 59 | Australia |
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Try: Penalty try 30' c Con: Parra (1/1) 30' Pen: Parra (3/4) 9', 20', 42' |
Report | Try: Asley-Cooper 4' c Robinson 49' c Genia 52' c Mitchell 67' c, 73' c, 76' c O'Connor 80' m Con: O'Connor (6/7) 5', 50', 52', 67', 73', 76' Pen: O'Connor (4/5) 14', 25', 61', 72' |
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Spain | 33 – 20 | Namibia |
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Try: Heredia Gibouin Peluchon Con: Peluchon (3/3) Pen: Peluchon (4) |
Report | Try: marais, Botha, Kitshoff Con: Botha (1/3) Pen: S. de la Harpe (1/1) |
Estadio Príncipes de España, Palma de Mallorca Attendance: 3,500 [26] Referee: João Mourinha (Portugal) |
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Portugal | 20 – 23 | Canada |
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Try: Aguilar, Foro Con: Gardener (2) Pen: Gardener (2) |
Report | Try: Pritchard (2), White Con: Pritchard Pen: Pritchard (2) |
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Ireland | 29 – 9 | Argentina |
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Try: Ferris 19' c D'Arcy 80' c Con: Sexton 21' O'Gara 80' Pen: Sexton 13', 28', 33', 40', 65' |
Report | Pen: Contepomi 30', 57', 67' |
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Week 7
Barbarians | 26 – 20 | South Africa |
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Try: Mitchell 5' m, 20' c O'Connor 15' c Geldenhuys 61' c Con: O'Connor 17', 22' 62' (3/4) |
Report | Try: Ndungane 43' c Botha 69' m Maku 80' m Con: Jantjies 44' (1/3) Pen: Jantjies 9' |
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- There are two uncapped players in the Barbarians' side: Waikato Chiefs' and New Zealand Māoris' Colin Bourke and Stormers' Anton van Zyl, and five uncapped players in South Africa's side: Cheetahs' Coenie Oosthuizen, Lions' Elton Jantjies, Sharks' Charl McLeod and Andries Strauss and Bulls' Werner Kruger.
- The match does not have Test status.
Week 8
Week 9
- Dana Teagarden was scheduled to become the first woman ever to serve as referee in a senior men's international 15-man match. She is already the first (and to date only) woman to have refereed in the IRB Sevens World Series.[29] The Netherlands-Hong Kong match was cancelled due to snow.
See also
References
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- ↑ "Cariparma Test Match 2010, Scelte le Sedi: Argentina A Verona, Australia A Firenze, Fiji A Modena" (Press release) (in Italian). Italian Rugby Federation. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
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- ↑ Qantas Wallabies Fixture List
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- ↑ http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/124051.html
- ↑ "APPENDIX E IRB MATCH OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS NOVEMBER 2010" (PDF) (Press release). International Rugby Board. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ↑ "IRB gibt Okay für Spiel gegen Hongkong" (Press release). RugbyJounal.de. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ↑ "US official Teagarden to make history". ESPN scrum. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.