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Australia vs England live stream grand final
Match scheduled:
Date: 14-11-2009
Time: 19:30 until 21:30
The Final - Four Nations - Rugby League
Union | Australian Rugby Union | |
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Nickname(s) | Wallabies | |
Emblem(s) | the Wallaby | |
Coach(es) | Robbie Deans | |
Captain(s) | Rocky Elsom | |
Most caps | George Gregan (139) | |
Top scorer | Michael Lynagh (911) | |
Most tries | David Campese (64) | |
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First international | ||
New South Wales (as Australia) 13 - 3 British Isles (24 June 1899) | ||
Largest win | ||
Australia 142 - 0 Namibia (25 October 2003) | ||
Worst defeat | ||
South Africa 53 - 8 Australia (30 August 2008) | ||
World Cup | ||
Appearances | 6 (First in 1987) | |
Best result | Champions 1991, 1999 |
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the Mandela Challenge Plate with South Africa. As at 11 June 2009, Australia are ranked third on the IRB World Rankings.[1]
Australia have competed in all six Rugby World Cups, and have won the World Cup on two occasions, in 1991 against England, and in 1999 against France. Australia also lost in the final after extra time to England in the 2003 competition.[2] Australia are governed by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). Seven former Australian players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame, with one of those also having been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame.