1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe

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1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
ManagerJ. G. Bain
Tour captain(s) Geoff Shaw
Summary
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Total
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Test match
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Opponent
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Flag of France.svg  France
2 0 0 2
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1 [1] 1 0 0

The 1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe was a series of ten matches played by the Australia national rugby union team (the Wallabies) in France and Italy in October and November 1976. The Wallabies won four and lost six of their matches; they lost both of their international matches against France in Bordeaux and Paris but won the international against Italy.

Contents

Australia did not award full international caps for the match against Italy while Italy did. The match was played at Arena Civica in Milan and was narrowly won by the Australians by one point, 16-15. [2]

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.
Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenue
Selection Française17156 October Toulon
Selection Française141510 October Narbonne
Selection Française61013 October Clermont-Ferrand
Selection Française15917 October Périgueux
Selection Française71620 October Tarbes
FRANCE 151824 October Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Selection Française12626 October La Rochelle
FRANCE 63430 October Parc des Princes, Paris
Selection Française7251 November Bourg-en-Bresse
Italy 16154 November Arena Civica, Milan

Touring party

Backs

Forwards

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References

Notes

  1. nor capped for Australian Rugby Union
  2. "I rugbisti azzurri perdono per un punto" [Azzurri lost just by one](PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Turin. 5 November 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 13 February 2015.