2016 England rugby union tour of Australia

2016 England rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es) Eddie Jones
Tour captain(s) Dylan Hartley
Top test point scorer(s) Owen Farrell (66)
Top test try scorer(s) 9 players with 1 try
Summary
P W D L
Total
3 3 0 0
Test match
3 3 0 0
Opponent
P W D L
 Australia
3 3 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour New Zealand 2014
Next tour Argentina 2017

In June 2016, England played a three-test series against Australia as part of the 2016 mid-year rugby union tests.[1] They played the Wallabies across the three weeks of the June International window, 11 June–25 June, and contested the Cook Cup, which England had previously won eight times to Australia's twelve. The series was part of the fourth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.[2]

England won all three matches—the first time it had won a test series in Australia. After defeating the hosts in the second match, England retained the Cook Cup and achieved second place in the World Rugby Rankings,[3] demoting Australia to fourth. Australia had not lost every match in a home series since being "whitewashed" by South Africa in 1971.[4]

Fixtures

Date and time Venue Home Score Away
11 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Australia  28–39  England
18 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) AAMI Park, Melbourne Australia  7–23  England
25 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Allianz Stadium, Sydney Australia  40–44  England

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 11 June, the first test match of the tour.

England

On 22 May, Eddie Jones named a 32-man squad for England's tour of Australia. An additional 5 players (Dave Attwood, Luther Burrell, Ollie Devoto, Matt Kvesic, Tommy Taylor) were also named ahead of the test match against Wales on 29 May, the day after the Aviva Premiership final between Saracens and Exeter Chiefs.[5] Ben Te'o, whose mother is English, was named in the squad, despite playing for Irish province Leinster, since he will be moving to Worcester Warriors for the 2016/17 season, making him eligible for selection.

On 30 May, Luther Burrell replaced Manu Tuilagi in the touring squad after Tuilagi withdrew from the squad due to injury.[6]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Cowan-Dickie, LukeLuke Cowan-Dickie Hooker (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 22) 3 England Exeter Chiefs
George, JamieJamie George Hooker (1990-06-20)20 June 1990 (aged 25) 6 England Saracens
Hartley, DylanDylan Hartley (c) Hooker (1986-03-24)24 March 1986 (aged 30) 72 England Northampton Saints
Cole, DanDan Cole Prop (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 29) 62 England Leicester Tigers
Genge, EllisEllis Genge Prop (1995-02-16)16 February 1995 (aged 21) 1 England Bristol
Hill, PaulPaul Hill Prop (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 21) 2 England Northampton Saints
Mullan, MattMatt Mullan Prop (1987-02-23)23 February 1987 (aged 29) 10 England Wasps
Sinckler, KyleKyle Sinckler Prop (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 23) 0 England Harlequins
Vunipola, MakoMako Vunipola Prop (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 25) 32 England Saracens
Itoje, MaroMaro Itoje Lock (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 (aged 21) 4 England Saracens
Kruis, GeorgeGeorge Kruis Lock (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 26) 15 England Saracens
Launchbury, JoeJoe Launchbury Lock (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 25) 32 England Wasps
Lawes, CourtneyCourtney Lawes Lock (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 27) 46 England Northampton Saints
Clifford, JackJack Clifford Flanker (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 23) 6 England Harlequins
Harrison, TeimanaTeimana Harrison Flanker (1992-09-05)5 September 1992 (aged 23) 1 England Northampton Saints
Haskell, JamesJames Haskell Flanker (1985-04-02)2 April 1985 (aged 31) 68 England Wasps
Robshaw, ChrisChris Robshaw Flanker (1986-06-04)4 June 1986 (aged 30) 48 England Harlequins
Vunipola, BillyBilly Vunipola Number 8 (1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 23) 26 England Saracens
Care, DannyDanny Care Scrum-half (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 29) 59 England Harlequins
Youngs, BenBen Youngs Scrum-half (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 26) 58 England Leicester Tigers
Farrell, OwenOwen Farrell Fly-half (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 24) 40 England Saracens
Ford, GeorgeGeorge Ford Fly-half (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 23) 23 England Bath
Burrell, LutherLuther Burrell Centre (1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 14 England Northampton Saints
Daly, ElliotElliot Daly Centre (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 23) 3 England Wasps
Joseph, JonathanJonathan Joseph Centre (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 25) 22 England Bath
Slade, HenryHenry Slade Centre (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 23) 2 England Exeter Chiefs
Te'o, BenBen Te'o Centre (1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 29) 0 England Worcester Warriors
Nowell, JackJack Nowell Wing (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (aged 23) 15 England Exeter Chiefs
Watson, AnthonyAnthony Watson Wing (1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 22) 21 England Bath
Yarde, MarlandMarland Yarde Wing (1992-04-20)20 April 1992 (aged 24) 8 England Harlequins
Brown, MikeMike Brown Fullback (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 30) 49 England Harlequins
Goode, AlexAlex Goode Fullback (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 28) 20 England Saracens

Australia

On 26 May 2016, Michael Cheika named a 39-man extended squad for their June test series against England.[7]

On 30 May 2016, Reece Hodge was called up to the squad to replace the injured Mike Harris.[8]

On 3 June 2016, Michael Cheika named a final 33-man squad for the test series, with Adam Coleman, Liam Gill, James Hanson, Leroy Houston, Eto Nabuli and Joe Powell missing out on the final cut.[9]

On 12 June, Matt Toomua joined the squad as un-listed member of the squad after recovering from his knee surgery.[10] Liam Gill also joined the squad after David Pocock was ruled out of the rest of the series.[11][12]

On 20 June, Ben McCalman was ruled out of the last test of the series due to injury and was replaced by Leroy Houston in the squad.[13]

On 23 June, Adam Coleman was named in an extended match-day 23 for the final test, despite not being in the initial 33-man squad.[14]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Moore, StephenStephen Moore Hooker (1983-01-20)20 January 1983 (aged 33) 102 Australia Brumbies
Polota-Nau, TatafuTatafu Polota-Nau Hooker (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 30) 61 Australia Waratahs
Alaalatoa, AllanAllan Alaalatoa Prop (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 22) 0 Australia Brumbies
Holmes, GregGreg Holmes Prop (1983-06-11)11 June 1983 (aged 33) 24 Australia Queensland Reds
Kepu, SekopeSekope Kepu Prop (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 30) 63 France Bordeaux Bègles
Sio, ScottScott Sio Prop (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 24) 16 Australia Brumbies
Slipper, JamesJames Slipper Prop (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 27) 74 Australia Queensland Reds
Smith, TobyToby Smith Prop (1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 27) 3 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Arnold, RoryRory Arnold Lock (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 25) 0 Australia Brumbies
Carter, SamSam Carter Lock (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26) 12 Australia Brumbies
Coleman, AdamAdam Coleman Lock (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 24) 0 Australia Western Force
Horwill, JamesJames Horwill Lock (1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 31) 61 England Harlequins
Mumm, DeanDean Mumm Lock (1984-03-05)5 March 1984 (aged 32) 44 Australia Waratahs
Simmons, RobRob Simmons Lock (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 27) 60 Australia Queensland Reds
Skelton, WillWill Skelton Lock (1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 24) 14 Australia Waratahs
Fardy, ScottScott Fardy Flanker (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 31) 30 Australia Brumbies
Gill, LiamLiam Gill Flanker (1992-06-08)8 June 1992 (aged 24) 15 Australia Queensland Reds
Hooper, MichaelMichael Hooper Flanker (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 24) 51 Australia Waratahs
McMahon, SeanSean McMahon Flanker (1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 21) 6 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Pocock, DavidDavid Pocock Flanker (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 28) 55 Australia Brumbies
Houston, LeroyLeroy Houston Number 8 (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 29) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
McCalman, BenBen McCalman Number 8 (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 28) 47 Australia Western Force
Palu, WycliffWycliff Palu Number 8 (1982-07-27)27 July 1982 (aged 33) 57 Australia Waratahs
Frisby, NickNick Frisby Scrum-half (1992-10-29)29 October 1992 (aged 23) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Phipps, NickNick Phipps Scrum-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27) 39 Australia Waratahs
Foley, BernardBernard Foley Fly-half (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 26) 27 Australia Waratahs
Lealiifano, ChristianChristian Lealiifano Fly-half (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 28) 16 Australia Brumbies
Hunt, KarmichaelKarmichael Hunt Centre (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 29) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Kerevi, SamuSamu Kerevi Centre (1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 22) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Kuridrani, TevitaTevita Kuridrani Centre (1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 25) 31 Australia Brumbies
Toomua, MattMatt Toomua Centre (1990-01-02)2 January 1990 (aged 26) 31 Australia Brumbies
Haylett-Petty, DaneDane Haylett-Petty Wing (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 26) 0 Australia Western Force
Horne, RobRob Horne Wing (1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 26) 29 Australia Waratahs
Morahan, LukeLuke Morahan Wing (1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 26) 1 Australia Western Force
Naiyaravoro, TaqeleTaqele Naiyaravoro Wing (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 24) 1 Australia Waratahs
Folau, IsraelIsrael Folau Fullback (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 27) 38 Australia Waratahs
Harris, MikeMike Harris Fullback (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 27) 10 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Hodge, ReeceReece Hodge Fullback (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 21) 0 Australia Melbourne Rebels

Matches

First test

11 June 2016
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  28–39  England
Try: Hooper (2) 8' m, 58' m
Folau 15' m
Kuridrani 70' c
Con: Foley (1/4) 71'
Pen: Foley (2/2) 36', 77'
Report Try: Joseph 31' c
Yarde 45' c
Nowell 79' c
Con: Farrell (3/3) 32', 47', 80'
Pen: Farrell (6/7) 20', 27', 30', 40', 56', 66'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [15]
Attendance: 48,735
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15Israel Folau
RW 14Dane Haylett-Petty
OC 13Tevita Kuridrani
IC 12Samu Kerevi
LW 11Rob Horne  28'
FH 10Bernard Foley
SH 9 Nick Phipps  77'
N8 8 David Pocock
OF 7 Michael Hooper  69'
BF 6 Scott Fardy  67'  69'
RL 5 Rob Simmons  24'
LL 4 Rory Arnold  47'
TP 3 Greg Holmes  56'
HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  56'
LP 1 Scott Sio 53' to 63'  65'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  56'
PR 17James Slipper  65'
PR 18Sekope Kepu  56'
LK 19James Horwill  24'
LK 20Dean Mumm  47'
FL 21Sean McMahon  67'
SH 22Nick Frisby  77'
FH 23Christian Lealiifano  28'
Coach:
Australia Michael Cheika
FB 15Mike Brown
RW 14Anthony Watson  69'
OC 13Jonathan Joseph
IC 12Luther Burrell  28'
LW 11Marland Yarde
FH 10Owen Farrell
SH 9 Ben Youngs  69'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola  71'
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Chris Robshaw
RL 5 George Kruis  59'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Dan Cole  65'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  71'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola  65'
Replacements:
HK 16Luke Cowan-Dickie  71'
PR 17Matt Mullan  65'
PR 18Paul Hill  65'
LK 19Joe Launchbury  71'
LK 20Courtney Lawes  59'
SH 21Danny Care  69'
FH 22George Ford  28'
WG 23Jack Nowell  69'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
James Haskell (England)

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Rory Arnold, Nick Frisby, Samu Kerevi and Dane Haylett-Petty (all Australia) made their international debuts.
  • Mike Brown (England) earned his 50th test cap.
  • England win back-to-back tests in Australia for the first time since 2003, while winning in Brisbane for the first time ever.
  • The 39 points scored by England, are the most points scored by England against Australia.

Second test

18 June 2016
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  7–23  England
Try: Moore 34' c
Con: Foley (1/1) 35'
Report Try: Hartley 18' c
Farrell 74' c
Con: Farrell (2/2) 19', 75'
Pen: Farrell (3/4) 30', 51', 79'
AAMI Park, Melbourne [15]
Attendance: 29,871
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15Israel Folau
RW 14Dane Haylett-Petty  69'
OC 13Tevita Kuridrani
IC 12Samu Kerevi  60'
LW 11Rob Horne
FH 10Bernard Foley
SH 9 Nick Phipps  69'
N8 8 Sean McMahon  50'
OF 7 Michael Hooper
BF 6 Scott Fardy
RL 5 Sam Carter
LL 4 Rory Arnold 33' to 40'  50'
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  46'
HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  54'
LP 1 James Slipper  46'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  54'
PR 17Toby Smith  46'
PR 18Greg Holmes  46'
LK 19Dean Mumm  33'  40'  50'
N8 20Ben McCalman  50'
SH 21Nick Frisby  69'
CE 22Christian Lealiifano  60'
WG 23Luke Morahan  69'
Coach:
Australia Michael Cheika
FB 15Mike Brown
RW 14Anthony Watson  76'
OC 13Jonathan Joseph
IC 12Owen Farrell
LW 11Jack Nowell
FH 10George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs  65'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 James Haskell  71'
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  71'
RL 5 George Kruis  55'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Dan Cole  65'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  71'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola  65'
Replacements:
HK 16Jamie George  71'
PR 17Matt Mullan  65'
PR 18Paul Hill  65'
LK 19Joe Launchbury  71'
LK 20Courtney Lawes  55'
FL 21Jack Clifford  71'
SH 22Danny Care  65'
CE 23Elliot Daly  76'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Chris Robshaw (England)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Chris Robshaw (England) earned his 50th test cap, having started all of his appearances.
  • The 16 points England won by is the most they have ever beaten Australia by in Australia, breaking the record of 11 points they set the previous week.
  • England retain the Cook Cup for the third consecutive time.
  • England win their first ever test series against Australia.
  • England win their third consecutive match against Australia in Australia, the first time they have done this.

Third test

25 June 2016
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  40–44  England
Try: Foley 12' c
Haylett-Petty 20' m
Hooper 50' c
Folau 57' c
Naiyaravoro 80' m
Con: Foley (3/5) 13', 51', 58'
Pen: Foley (3/4) 27', 40', 71'
Report Try: Cole 10' c
Brown 29' c
B. Vunipola 43' m
George 66' c
Con: Farrell (3/4) 11', 30', 67'
Pen: Farrell (6/6) 25', 47', 55', 61', 69', 79'
Allianz Stadium, Sydney [15]
Attendance: 44,063
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15Israel Folau
RW 14Dane Haylett-Petty
OC 13Tevita Kuridrani
IC 12Matt Toomua  67'
LW 11Rob Horne  67'
FH 10Bernard Foley
SH 9 Nick Phipps
N8 8 Sean McMahon
OF 7 Michael Hooper
BF 6 Scott Fardy
RL 5 Rob Simmons  40'
LL 4 Will Skelton  51'
TP 3 Sekope Kepu  58'
HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  62'
LP 1 James Slipper  58'
Replacements:
HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau  62'
PR 17Scott Sio  58'
PR 18Greg Holmes  58'
LK 19Adam Coleman  40'
N8 20Wycliff Palu  51'
SH 21Nick Frisby
FH 22Christian Lealiifano  67'
WG 23Taqele Naiyaravoro  67'
Coach:
Australia Michael Cheika
FB 15Mike Brown
RW 14Anthony Watson
OC 13Jonathan Joseph
IC 12Owen Farrell
LW 11Jack Nowell
FH 10George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs  53'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola  74'
OF 7 Teimana Harrison  31'
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  53'
RL 5 George Kruis  61'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Dan Cole  67'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  63'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola  79'
Replacements:
HK 16Jamie George  63'
PR 17Matt Mullan  79'
PR 18Paul Hill  67'
LK 19Joe Launchbury  61'
LK 20Courtney Lawes  31'
FL 21Jack Clifford  53'
SH 22Danny Care  53'
CE 23Elliot Daly  74'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Adam Coleman (Australia) made his international debut.
  • England score their most points against Australia in Australia, surpassing the 39 points scored in the first test of this test series.
  • Australia lose 3–0 for the first time since they lost their three-test series to South Africa in 1971.
  • This was the first time three matches had been played in a series between England and Australia.[15]

Statistics

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points

England statistics

Name Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Red card
Owen Farrell31815066
Mike Brown310005
Dan Cole310005
Dylan Hartley310005
Jonathan Joseph310005
Jack Nowell310005
Billy Vunipola310005
Jamie George210005
Marland Yarde110005
Danny Care300000
George Ford300000
Paul Hill300000
Maro Itoje300000
George Kruis300000
Joe Launchbury300000
Courtney Lawes300000
Matt Mullan300000
Chris Robshaw300000
Mako Vunipola300000
Anthony Watson300000
Ben Youngs300000
Jack Clifford200000
Elliot Daly200000
James Haskell200000
Luther Burrell100000
Luke Cowan-Dickie100000
Teimana Harrison100000
Ellis Genge0
Alex Goode0
Kyle Sinckler0
Henry Slade0
Ben Te'o0
Manu Tuilagi0

Test series statistics

Name Team Tries Con Pen DG Pts
Owen Farrell England1815066
Bernard Foley Australia155030
Michael Hooper Australia300015
Israel Folau Australia200010
Mike Brown England10005
Dan Cole England10005
Jamie George England10005
Dylan Hartley England10005
Dane Haylett-Petty Australia10005
Jonathan Joseph England10005
Tevita Kuridrani Australia10005
Stephen Moore Australia10005
Taqele Naiyaravoro Australia10005
Jack Nowell England10005
Billy Vunipola England10005
Marland Yarde England10005

See also

References

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