1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France

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1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

11	6	2	3

Test match

3	1	1	1

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Italy

1	1	0	0

France

2	0	1	1

The 1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France was a series of matches played between October and November 1983 in Italy and France by Australia.

Results
Touring party
Backs
Forwards

Results

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Italy B	26	0	16 October 1983		Tour match
Italy	29	7	22 October 1983	Rovigo	Test match
French Selection	19	16	26 October 1983	Strasbourg	Tour match
French Police	15	15	29 October 1983	Le Creusot	Tour match
French Selection	27	7	1 November 1983	Grenoble	Tour match
French Selection	9	15	5 November 1983	Perpignan	Tour match
French Selection	6	36	9 November 1983	Agen	Tour match
France	15	15	13 November 1983	Clermont Ferrand	Test match
French Army	16	10	16 November 1983	La Rochelle	Tour match
France	6	15	19 November 1983	Parc des Princes, Paris	Test match
French Barbarians	23	21	23 November 1983	Toulon	Tour match

Touring party

Manager - Chilla Wilson
Coach - Bob Dwyer
Captain - Mark Ella

Backs

Forwards

Australia national rugby union team

Rugby Australia

History

Records

Players

Home stadium

Stadium Australia

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

World Cup finals	1991 1999 2003 2015
By opponent	Argentina Barbarians British & Irish Lions England Fiji France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002
New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991
South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992
Europe	1908–09 1927–28 1939–40 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1971 1973 1975–76 1976 1981–82 1983 1984 1988 1989 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2013
Oceania	1972 1980 1984
North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993
Asia	2000 2008 2009 2010

v t e Rugby union tours of France
Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008 2021
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008
Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005
Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001
Ireland	1988
Japan	1973 2000
Maori All Blacks	1926–27
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006
Pacific Islanders	2008
Samoa	1989 (no test)
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1951–52 1960–61 1992 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005
Tonga	2005
USA	1924 Olympic Games

v t e Rugby union tours of Italy
Argentina	1978 1998 2002 2005 2006 2008 2021
Australia	1973 (unofficial) 1976 (unofficial) 1983 1988 2002 2006 2008 2013
New Zealand	1977 (no test) 1979 (unofficial) 1995 2000 2004
South Africa	1995 1997 2001
Asia and Oceanian teams	1976 2001 2001 2005 2005 2005 2008
North American Teams	2000 2004 2004

1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France

Contents

Results

Touring party

Backs

Forwards