Surf Wiki
Save to docs
history

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia

none

none

FieldValue
coachRob Howley
captainSam Warburton
top point scorerLeigh Halfpenny (41)
top try scorer10 players with 1 try
top test point scorerLeigh Halfpenny (41)
top test try scorer7 players with 1 try
matchplayed5
matchwon2
matchdraw0
matchlost3
testplayed4
testwon1
testdraw0
testlost3
opponent1
played13
won10
draw10
lost13
opponent2Barbarians
played21
won21
draw20
lost20
previous2010 New Zealand
nextJapan 2013

|top test point scorer = Leigh Halfpenny (41) |top test try scorer = 7 players with 1 try In June 2012, Wales toured Australia as part of the 2012 mid-year rugby test series. They faced Australia in a series of three internationals across the eastern states, starting at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, then moving on to Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, before finishing in Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium. In addition, they played a tour match against one of Australia's domestic clubs, the Brumbies, at Canberra Stadium.

Before flying to Australia, Wales also held a one-off match at home so that Rob Howley, the caretaker coach, could finalise the squad. This was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff against the Barbarians.

During this tour, Wales were attempting to regain the James Bevan Trophy they lost in 2009, when Australia beat them 33–12 in Cardiff. They had won it the previous year, 21–18. However, the last time Wales beat Australia in Australia was in 1969, when they won 19–16.

This tour was the most keenly anticipated rugby tour of the 2012 tours, with Wales going into it as Grand Slam winners of the 2012 Six Nations and Australia as winners of the 2011 Tri Nations.

Wales lost the series 3–0, continuing their history of not having won in Australia for 43 years. However, all matches were close encounters, and they scored 61 points to Australia's 72. They also played a return match in Cardiff in the 2012 Autumn Internationals that ended in a similar narrow defeat, 14–12.

In the last three matches between the two teams, Wales led with five minutes to go and Australia snatched victory from them.

Fixtures

DateVenueHomeScoreAway
2 June 2012Millennium Stadium, Cardiff30–21Barbarians
9 June 2012Lang Park, Brisbane27–19
12 June 2012Canberra Stadium, CanberraAUS ACT Brumbies15–25
16 June 2012Docklands Stadium, Melbourne25–23
23 June 2012Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney20–19

Squads

Wales

Towards the end of May, the bulk of the Welsh squad left for Australia, leaving a handful of players to face the Barbarians. After Wales' win over the Barbarians, the few players who had earned their place in the squad during the game left for Australia to join up with the team. Caretaker coach Rob Howley announced a 35-man squad to take to Australia.

  • Caretaker coach: WAL Rob Howley

Australia

Robbie Deans announced his squad to face Wales at the beginning of June. The public already knew that James O'Connor, Kurtley Beale and usual captain James Horwill would all be out of the tour due to injury. From this, Robbie Deans was able to announce his 40-man squad. On 19 June, it was revealed that Beale would return for the third and final test against Wales.

Head coach: NZL Robbie Deans

Warm-up matches

Wales vs Barbarians

Hook 71' c Brew 79' c Rees 36' c

WAL Rob Howley
NZL John Kirwan

|}

  • The Welsh Rugby Union announced that this would be a fully capped match. As a result, Martyn Williams became the third Welsh player to reach 100 caps when he came off the bench. It was also announced that this match would see the last international appearances for Martyn Williams and Wales top try-scorer Shane Williams.
  • Four players made their full international debuts for Wales: Rhodri Jones, Harry Robinson, Liam Williams and Adam Warren.

ACT Brumbies vs Wales

Tipuric 31' c A.W. Jones 40' m

RSA Jake White
WAL Rob Howley

|}

Test matches

First test

Genia 40' c McCabe 66' c

NZL Robbie Deans
WAL Rob Howley

|}

Notes

  • Cooper Vuna (Australia) and Ashley Beck (Wales) made their international debuts.

Second test

Harris (1/1) 80' Davies 43' c

NZL Robbie Deans
WAL Rob Howley

|}

Third test

NZL Robbie Deans
WAL Rob Howley

|}

References

References

  1. (2 June 2012). "Wales 30-21 Barbarians". BBC.
  2. Gillespie, Graeme. (8 May 2012). "Williams Set to Reach 100 Caps". Welsh Rugby Union.
  3. (6 January 2014). "Planet Rugby - Reports and Previews - Wales hang on in Canberra".
  4. (9 June 2012). "Planet Rugby {{!}} Reports and Previews {{!}} Australia bounce back in Brisbane".
  5. (16 June 2012). "Planet Rugby {{!}} Reports and Previews {{!}} Harris wins it for Wallabies".
  6. (23 June 2012). "Planet Rugby {{!}} Rugby Union News, Live Rugby Scores, Results & Fixtures {{!}} LIVE: Australia v Wales".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2012-in-australian-rugby-union 2011–12-in-welsh-rugby-union wales-national-rugby-union-team-tours-of-australia wales-national-rugby-union-team-tours history-of-rugby-union-matches-between-australia-and-wales
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report