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Australia national rugby union team

Australia national rugby union team

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. Australia are currently ranked second in the IRB World Rankings and hold the Mandela Plate.

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.

Current squad

Australia named a 36-man squad for their tour of Hong Kong and Europe.[28] After injury concerns at hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau was added to the squad.[29]

* Caps updated before tour of Hong Kong and Europe.

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Head Coach: Robbie Deans

Hooker: Huia Edmonds (29), Saia Fainga’a (24), Stephen Moore (28), Tatafu Polota-Nau (23).

Prop: Ben Alexander (26), Ben Daley (23), Salesi Ma’afu (28), Benn Robinson (26), James Slipper (22)

Lock: Mark Chisholm (29), Van Humphries (35), Dean Mumm (27), Nathan Sharpe (vc) (33), Rob Simmons (22)

Flanker: Rocky Elsom (c) (28), Scott Higginbotham (24), Matt Hodgson (23), Pat McCutcheon (24), David Pocock (23)

Number 8: Richard Brown (26), Ben McCalman (23),

Scrum-half: Luke Burgess (27), Will Genia (23), Nick Phipps (22)

Fly-half: Berrick Barnes (25), Quade Cooper (23),

Centre: Adam Ashley-Cooper (27), Anthony Fainga’a (24), Matt Giteau (28), Pat McCabe (23)

Wing: Rod Davies (22), Drew Mitchell (27), Luke Morahan (19), James O’Connor (20), Lachlan Turner (22)

Fullback: Kurtley Beale (22), Peter Hynes (28)

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